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

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History & significance

Chalbury is a multi-period archaeological landscape centred on a slight univallate hillfort located near Wimborne in Dorset, England. The site demonstrates continuous human occupation and use spanning from the Bronze Age through the medieval period, encompassing the hillfort itself, two bowl barrows, remains of a Bronze Age urnfield, and traces of later medieval strip fields. The hillfort, which dates to the Iron Age, is defined by a single bank and ditch defence system, reflecting the modest scale of fortification characteristic of certain hillfort traditions in southern England. The accumulated archaeological evidence across these overlapping periods makes Chalbury significant as a landscape record of settlement, burial practice, and agricultural organisation across millennia.

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 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002711. View the official record →

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