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Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill) is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Dorset, England, comprising a network of field boundaries and associated earthworks dating to the Bronze Age. The system is characterised by lynchets and banks that define individual fields, representing intensive arable cultivation and land management practices of the second millennium before the present era. The earthwork north of Crow Hill forms part of this broader field system and preserves evidence of the settlement patterns and agricultural organisation of prehistoric communities in the upland areas of Dorset. The survival of these banks and boundaries in the archaeological record demonstrates the substantial investment in land division and soil conservation undertaken by Bronze Age agriculturalists.
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 (including earthwork N of Crow Hill) is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Dorset, England, comprising a network of field boundaries and associated earthworks dating to the Bronze Age. 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).
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