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Camp in Mistlebury Wood is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure situated near Dorchester in Dorset. The monument comprises a series of interrupted ditches and banks characteristic of causewayed camps of the fourth millennium BC, a distinctive form of settlement and gathering place particular to Neolithic Britain. The site's archaeological significance lies in its evidence for early farming communities and their ritual or defensive practices during the early Neolithic period. The earthworks remain visible as archaeological features within the woodland landscape, preserving important stratigraphic and artefactual evidence of this formative period in British prehistory.
Camp in Mistlebury Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002455. View the official record →
Camp in Mistlebury Wood is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure situated near Dorchester in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002455.
Camp in Mistlebury 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 1002455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow on Parsonage Hill (8.3 km), Length of Roman road on Sovell Down (8.8 km), Disc barrow and a bowl barrow 640m south west of Veiny Cheese Pond (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp in Mistlebury 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.
Camp in Mistlebury Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.