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 in Dorset, England, centred on a slight univallate hillfort that dates to the Iron Age. The site encompasses a Bronze Age component comprising two bowl barrows and part of an urnfield, demonstrating sustained occupation and ritual use of the landscape across nearly a millennium. Medieval activity is evidenced by a series of strip fields that overlay the earlier monuments, indicating continuity of land use from the Bronze Age through the medieval period. The slight defensive earthwork of the hillfort itself reflects the modest scale of fortification characteristic of certain Iron Age settlements in southern Britain, whilst the broader landscape illustrates the palimpsest of archaeological features accumulated across multiple periods of human activity and settlement.

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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