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Winterborne Farringdon is a medieval settlement site located in Dorset, England, with archaeological remains dating to the medieval period. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a nucleated village, including house platforms, field systems, and associated landscape features that reflect medieval agricultural and domestic organisation. The settlement represents the typical pattern of medieval rural habitation in Dorset, with physical evidence of occupation and land use preserved as earthworks across the surrounding terrain. The remains contribute to understanding of medieval village development and the historic settlement pattern of the Winterborne valley, an area significant for its concentration of medieval communities.
Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020550. View the official record →
Winterborne Farringdon is a medieval settlement site located in Dorset, England, with archaeological remains dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020550.
Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains 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 1020550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (4.4 km), Preston Roman villa (5.6 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains'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 of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.