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Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood is an ancient monument comprising linear earthworks located in Dorset, England. The banks represent field or territorial divisions of prehistoric or early medieval date, though their precise chronological attribution remains uncertain without excavation. These linear features would have served practical purposes in marking land ownership or managing pastoral and agricultural activities across the landscape. The earthworks survive as low banks, visible as landscape features within their woodland setting, and represent the fragmentary evidence of ancient land organisation that characterised the Dorset countryside during the medieval period or earlier.
Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002381. View the official record →
Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood is an ancient monument comprising linear earthworks located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002381.
Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood 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 1002381.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 90m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm (3.4 km), Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge Farm (4 km), Bull Barrow on Holt Heath (5.6 km).
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