Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm

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History & significance

Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement in Dorset. The site preserves ridge and furrow field systems and settlement features characteristic of medieval agricultural communities in the region. Dating to the medieval period, the monument represents the landscape organisation and land use patterns of a rural medieval settlement, with the surviving earthworks providing evidence of the farming practices and settlement structure of this era. The site's preservation as earthworks offers valuable archaeological and historical information about medieval rural life and the organisation of the medieval Dorset countryside.

Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020584. View the official record →

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