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Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm

England
List entry 1020611
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020611
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.05 hectares
Grid reference
ST 93031 15606
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm is a prehistoric defensive earthwork located in Dorset. The site is defined by a single substantial rampart enclosing an interior area, characteristic of univallate hillfort design. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, representing a phase of fortified settlement construction across southern Britain during the first millennium BC. The earthwork survives as an upstanding archaeological feature, though the ramparts are described as slight in elevation, indicating erosion or ploughing of the original defensive banks over subsequent centuries.

Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020611. View the official record →

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What is Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm?

Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm is a prehistoric defensive earthwork located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020611.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm?

Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm 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 1020611.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 80m west of Dormy House (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 400m ESE of Ashley Wood Golf Club House (9.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 80m west of Dormy House
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 400m ESE of Ashley Wood Golf Club House
9.3 km
Moated site immediately north west of St Mary's Church
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 470m south east of Ashley Wood Golf Club House
9.5 km
Round barrow in Buzbury Plantation
9.6 km
Causewayed enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement with outworks called Buzbury Rings
9.7 km
St Leonard's Chapel
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm

Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~16.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~19.5 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~20.4 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~21.4 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~23.4 miles
Domesday entry for Ashmore, Dorset →
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