Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages

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History & significance

Woodcutts Common is an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement complex located in Dorset, comprising the remains of enclosures, trackways, and domestic structures distributed across the common. The settlement shows evidence of continuous occupation spanning the later Iron Age through the Roman period, with archaeological investigation revealing the layout of fields and boundaries characteristic of agricultural communities of this era. The site represents an important example of rural settlement patterns during the transition from Iron Age to Romano-British administration, demonstrating how native populations maintained agricultural practices across the Roman conquest period. The surviving earthworks and subsurface deposits preserve evidence of the material culture and settlement organisation of communities living on the Dorset downlands during the first centuries BC and AD.

Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020629. View the official record →

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