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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice'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.
Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.