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Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton is a dispersed settlement site dating to the medieval period, located in Dorset. The site comprises the remains of a small agrarian community whose physical traces are evident in the form of earthworks and surface scatter characteristic of deserted or shrunken medieval villages. Such settlements in this region typically reflect the pattern of medieval land use and habitation patterns before the post-medieval reorganisation of the landscape. The site's survival as an archaeological monument preserves evidence of rural settlement organisation and domestic occupation during the medieval centuries.
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020583. View the official record →
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton is a dispersed settlement site dating to the medieval period, located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020583.
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton 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 1020583.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradford Barrow (6.8 km), Group of round barrows on King Down (7.9 km), Earth circles S of King Down (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton'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.
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.