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Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor

England
List entry 1012141
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012141
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.33 hectares
Grid reference
SU 01663 19393
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled monument comprising a series of ridge and furrow formations and associated landscape features located in Dorset. The earthworks represent evidence of medieval agricultural practice, with the ridged fields indicating the systematic cultivation methods employed during the medieval period. The site's proximity to West Woodyates Manor, a significant settlement, suggests these gardens and arable plots formed part of the manor's domestic and economic landscape. The survival of these earthwork features provides archaeological testimony to medieval land management and the spatial organisation of resources around a manorial complex.

Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012141. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor?

Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled monument comprising a series of ridge and furrow formations and associated landscape features located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012141.

Who is responsible for protecting Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor?

Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor 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 1012141.

What other scheduled monuments are near Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 70m north of St Michael's Church (8.6 km), Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm (8.6 km), Barrow on Parsonage Hill (8.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross 70m north of St Michael's Church
8.6 km
Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm
8.6 km
Barrow on Parsonage Hill
8.8 km
Round barrow cemetery and two associated enclosures, 550m west of Wimborne Lodge, associated with the Knowlton Circles
8.9 km
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
9 km
Length of Roman road on Sovell Down
9 km
Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
9.4 km
Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor

Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~11.1 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~15.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Woodyates, Dorset →
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