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The Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath is a complex of prehistoric banks and ditches located in the Poole Harbour area of Dorset. The earthworks comprise multiple parallel linear features that traverse the heathland, likely representing territorial divisions or land management systems dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age periods. These linear monuments are characteristic of later prehistoric land organisation in southern England, where such field systems and boundary works served both practical and symbolic functions in dividing pastoral and arable land. The survival of these features on the relatively undeveloped heathland provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns and land use in prehistoric 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 prehistoric banks and ditches located in the Poole Harbour area of 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath'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.
Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.