earthwork

A monument, sculpture, or other work of art created by manipulating the natural landscape.

View from Stirling Castle of the King's Knot, a garden created in the 1620s on the site of an earlier earthwork. Stirling, Scotland. Image credit: Holly Hayes

Quick Facts on earthwork
old-fashioned flower design element

Go Historic ID
144
Getty AAT ID
300047857
Term Type
site type (non-building)