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Walnut Tree Field is a scheduled ancient monument containing evidence of occupation spanning from prehistoric times through the medieval period. The site preserves the earthwork remains of a shrunken medieval village, indicating settlement contraction or abandonment that occurred in the later medieval period, a pattern repeated across many English rural landscapes. Earlier prehistoric settlement activity at the location testifies to the long-term significance of this location for human habitation. The surviving archaeological features provide important evidence for understanding patterns of medieval settlement organisation and the processes of village desertion in Dorset.
A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008750. View the official record →
Walnut Tree Field is a scheduled ancient monument containing evidence of occupation spanning from prehistoric times through the medieval period.
A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008750.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The White Barrow, a bowl barrow 660m south west of the Round House (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 350m north of Naked Cross (5.4 km), Beacon mound on Beacon Hill (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.