Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm

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History & significance

Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising surviving earthworks of an agricultural landscape. The field system dates to the Later Prehistoric or Romano-British period, indicating sustained arable or pastoral land use during this era of southern English settlement. The monument survives as linear banks and ditches that define individual field plots, providing evidence of organised land management practices characteristic of these periods. Its survival and scheduling reflect its importance for understanding the development of agricultural settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape during the late Iron Age through to the Romano-British transition.

Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002807. View the official record →

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