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St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill is a medieval monument complex located in Dorset, England. The site comprises the remains of a small chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine, together with associated medieval field systems and stone quarries that exploited the local geological resources. The chapel and its surrounding landscape features date to the medieval period, reflecting patterns of religious devotion, agricultural organisation, and resource extraction typical of medieval rural settlement. The quarries demonstrate the economic importance of stone extraction to the local community, whilst the field systems illustrate the medieval reorganisation and management of the agricultural landscape in this part of Dorset.
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015694. View the official record →
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill is a medieval monument complex located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015694.
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill 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 1015694.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice (0.4 km), St Peter's Abbey (0.4 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill'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.
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.