Scheduled MonumentsEnglandEnclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice

England
List entry 1005575
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005575
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
14.48 hectares
Grid reference
ST 98273 16853
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice is a prehistoric earthwork located in Dorset, England. The monument comprises an enclosed area defined by banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. As part of the wider complex of archaeological features at Humby's Stock Coppice, the enclosure represents evidence of ancient land use and domestic occupation during the later prehistory of southern Britain. The earthwork remains visible as an archaeological landscape feature and is designated for protection as a scheduled ancient monument.

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005575. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice?

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice is a prehistoric earthwork located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005575.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice?

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice 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 1005575.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery (7.4 km), Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton (7.9 km), Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles (8.1 km).

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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.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice

Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.