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Earthworks on Askerswell Down is a complex of prehistoric and potentially later archaeological features located in Dorset. The site comprises a series of linear earthworks and associated landscape modifications that reflect sustained use and organization of the downs during antiquity. The earthworks include banks and ditches whose chronology spans from the Iron Age through to the Romano-British period, with evidence suggesting multi-phase activity across this extended timeframe. The monument represents important evidence for the patterns of settlement, land division, and territorial organization in the Dorset uplands during the first millennium BC and the Romano-British period.
Earthworks on Askerswell Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003214. View the official record →
Earthworks on Askerswell Down is a complex of prehistoric and potentially later archaeological features located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003214.
Earthworks on Askerswell Down 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 1003214.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.9 km), Dyke on Wears Hill (6.2 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks on Askerswell Down'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.
Earthworks on Askerswell Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.