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Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of ridge and furrow cultivation remains and associated landscape features located in Dorset. The earthworks date to the medieval period and represent the agricultural management of land attached to the manor house, demonstrating the organisation of manorial demesne farming. The surviving ridge and furrow patterns indicate the system of open field or enclosed field cultivation that would have been worked during the high medieval period. These earthworks form part of the broader landscape archaeology of the West Woodyates estate and contribute to the understanding of medieval agricultural practice and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012141. View the official record →
Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of ridge and furrow cultivation remains and associated landscape features located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012141.
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.
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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