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Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood is an ancient monument comprising linear earthwork features located in Dorset, England. The banks form part of a system of territorial divisions, typical of prehistoric and early medieval land management practices in southern England. These boundary features would have served to demarcate land holdings and control movement across the landscape, reflecting the organised pastoral or agricultural systems of their period. The precise dating of the banks remains subject to archaeological interpretation, though such linear earthworks are characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age boundary systems in this region.
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 earthwork features 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.