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Tenants Hill is a Bronze Age enclosure situated in Dorset, England, forming part of a larger landscape of prehistoric land use and management. The monument comprises a Bronze Age enclosed settlement associated with linear earthworks and an organised field system, evidencing the agricultural and territorial practices of the Bronze Age communities that inhabited this region. These linear features demonstrate a systematic approach to land division and pastoral or arable management characteristic of the later Bronze Age period. A dewpond, constructed in the later medieval or post-medieval period, occupies a position within this ancient landscape, representing continued use and adaptation of the site in subsequent centuries.
Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013370. View the official record →
Tenants Hill is a Bronze Age enclosure situated in Dorset, England, forming part of a larger landscape of prehistoric land use and management. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013370.
Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill 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 1013370.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (2 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (2.5 km), St Peter's Abbey (3.1 km).
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