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Earthworks on Gussage Down is a complex of prehistoric field systems and settlement remains located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple linear earthworks, including lynchets and field boundaries, which represent Bronze Age and Iron Age land division and agricultural organization. These earthworks demonstrate the intensive exploitation of the downland landscape during later prehistoric periods, reflecting the established patterns of pastoral and arable farming. The survival of these landscape features provides valuable evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and land use practices in southern England.
Earthworks on Gussage Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002740. View the official record →
Earthworks on Gussage Down is a complex of prehistoric field systems and settlement remains located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002740.
Earthworks on Gussage 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 1002740.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman buildings N of Witchampton Mill (7.3 km), Remains of medieval buildings ('Abbey buildings') (7.4 km), Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks on Gussage 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 Gussage Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.