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St Leonard's Chapel is a medieval religious structure located in Dorset, England. The chapel dates to the medieval period and represents a small ecclesiastical building of the type commonly found throughout England during the Middle Ages. The site is recorded as a designated ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England. As a chapel of this period, it would have functioned as a place of worship and forms part of the wider pattern of medieval religious provision across the county.
St Leonard's Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002726. View the official record →
St Leonard's Chapel is a medieval religious structure located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002726.
St Leonard's Chapel 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 1002726.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The White Barrow, a bowl barrow 660m south west of the Round House (10 km), Section of Roman road north of Bagwood Coppice (10.1 km), Bowl barrow on Bloxworth Down, 740m south of Marsh Farm (10.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Leonard's Chapel'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 Leonard's Chapel stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.