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The Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath is a complex of Bronze Age field systems and boundaries preserved as low banks and ditches across the heathland near Wareham in Dorset. The earthworks comprise a series of parallel linear features that define ancient agricultural divisions and territorial arrangements, characteristic of later Bronze Age land organisation in southern England. These features represent one of the more extensive surviving examples of prehistoric field systems in the region, offering evidence of settled communities and structured land use during the second millennium BCE. The site remains largely visible today as undulating ground features that provide valuable archaeological information about settlement patterns and agricultural practices in Bronze Age Dorset.
Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018187. View the official record →
The Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath is a complex of Bronze Age field systems and boundaries preserved as low banks and ditches across the heathland near Wareham in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018187.
Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath 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 1018187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (6.9 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard (7.9 km).
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