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Earthworks on site of manor house

England
List entry 1002764
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002764
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.82 hectares
Grid reference
ST 86040 09250
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthworks on site of manor house is a scheduled ancient monument located in Dorset that preserves the physical remains of a former manorial settlement. The site comprises earthwork features indicative of medieval or later domestic occupation, including the ground plan and surrounding landscape elements that once constituted the manor house complex and its associated lands. Such earthworks provide evidence for settlement patterns, land use, and the evolution of aristocratic residences during the medieval and post-medieval periods. The precise dating and phasing of the site's occupation requires archaeological investigation, though the earthwork form itself documents a significant stage in the landscape's residential and administrative history.

Earthworks on site of manor house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002764. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthworks on site of manor house?

Earthworks on site of manor house is a scheduled ancient monument located in Dorset that preserves the physical remains of a former manorial settlement.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks on site of manor house?

Earthworks on site of manor house 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 1002764.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks on site of manor house?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 775m south east of Charisworth Cottages (8.5 km), Bowl barrow 1020m south east of Charisworth Cottages (8.5 km), Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House (8.7 km).

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This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks on site of manor house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 775m south east of Charisworth Cottages
8.5 km
Bowl barrow 1020m south east of Charisworth Cottages
8.5 km
Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House
8.7 km
Combe Ditch, linear dyke
8.7 km
Two bowl barrows 360m south east of East Down House
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn
8.8 km
Deserted town of Milton Abbas
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 550m north of North Down Barn
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks on site of manor house

Earthworks on site of manor house stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks on site of manor house

DorchesterRoman town · ~15.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~17.4 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~17.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~22.5 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~17.5 miles
Domesday entry for Stourpaine, Dorset →
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