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The field system and enclosures on Middle Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises the remains of ancient field boundaries and enclosed spaces that reflect the agricultural organisation of its period. Such field systems are characteristic of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns in southern England, indicating organised land use and pastoral or arable farming practices. The physical remains visible today, including lynchets and boundary banks, preserve evidence of the landscape management and territorial divisions employed by prehistoric communities in this region.
Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002465. View the official record →
The field system and enclosures on Middle Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002465.
Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill 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 1002465.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone called The Broad Stone (9.7 km), Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot (9.8 km), Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill'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.
Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.