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Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill is a multi-period earthwork site located 500 metres north of Castle Hill Cottages in Dorset. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort, evidenced by its defensive ramparts and ditches, overlain by later strip lynchets that represent medieval or post-medieval agricultural activity. The strip lynchets, which are the visible terraced field boundaries resulting from ploughing, demonstrate the subsequent use of the hillfort location for arable farming. The survival of both phases of activity on the same site provides archaeological evidence of the long-term exploitation of this hilltop location across different historical periods.
Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016895. View the official record →
Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill is a multi-period earthwork site located 500 metres north of Castle Hill Cottages in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016895.
Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages 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 1016895.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm (8.1 km), Barrow on College Down (8.2 km), Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages'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.
Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.