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The Warren field system is a prehistoric field system located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a complex arrangement of field boundaries, agricultural divisions, and associated earthworks that represent intensive Bronze Age or Iron Age land management practices. The field layout and preservation of the boundary banks provide archaeological evidence of prehistoric agricultural organisation and settlement patterns in the landscape. The monument contributes to understanding prehistoric rural economy and the development of managed agricultural land in southern England during the later prehistoric period.
The Warren field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018435. View the official record →
The Warren field system is a prehistoric field system located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018435.
The Warren field system 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 1018435.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm (0.8 km), Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Warren field system'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.
The Warren field system stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.