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Field system in Valley of Stones is a complex of prehistoric agricultural earthworks situated in the chalk downland of Dorset, forming part of the extensive field systems that characterise the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape of this region. The system comprises linear banks and lynchets distributed across the valley, including an earthwork of archaeological significance located north of Crow Hill, which represents the organised division and management of arable and pastoral land during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era. These field boundaries, created through the accumulation of soil and stone cleared from cultivation plots, demonstrate the development of more intensive and structured farming practices across the chalk downlands during the prehistoric period. The survival of these earthworks as upstanding features provides important evidence for understanding settlement patterns, land use, and agricultural economy in prehistoric Dorset.
Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002431. View the official record →
Field system in Valley of Stones is a complex of prehistoric agricultural earthworks situated in the chalk downland of Dorset, forming part of the extensive field systems that characterise the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape of this region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002431.
Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow 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 1002431.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (3.3 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (3.9 km), St Peter's Abbey (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow 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 in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill) stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.