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The field system on Seldon Hill is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated in Dorset. The monument comprises an arrangement of field boundaries, lynchets, and associated earthworks that reflect the systematic organisation of land for cultivation and stock management during the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. The banks and ditches that define the field divisions remain visible as linear features across the hillside, preserving evidence of how communities structured their farming practices across this upland terrain. This field system represents an important archaeological record of ancient agricultural settlement patterns and land use in southern Britain.
Field system on Seldon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002460. View the official record →
The field system on Seldon Hill is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002460.
Field system on Seldon 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 1002460.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn (8.5 km), Cross in St Mary's churchyard (8.8 km), Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system on Seldon 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 on Seldon Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.