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Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated in Dorset. The monument comprises field systems and associated earthworks that date to the Iron Age and represent the settlement and land use patterns of this period. The surviving banks and lynchets visible in the terrain demonstrate the organisation of agricultural activity and the management of arable and pastoral land in antiquity. Such field systems are significant for understanding the domestic economy and territorial arrangements of Iron Age communities in southern England.
Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002456. View the official record →
Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002456.
Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom 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 1002456.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath (9.3 km), The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath (9.6 km), Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom'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.
Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.