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Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom

England
List entry 1002840
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002840
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.77 hectares
Grid reference
ST 69203 01556, ST 69322 01519
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom is a prehistoric monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of two adjacent rectangular or square earthwork enclosures, characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in southern Britain, though the exact dating and function of these particular features require archaeological interpretation. Such enclosures typically served defensive, stock-management, or domestic purposes during the later prehistoric period. The monument's survival as a recognisable earthwork demonstrates the landscape archaeology of Iron Age Dorset, though detailed excavation records specific to this site are limited in the accessible scholarly record.

Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002840. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom?

Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom is a prehistoric monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002840.

Who is responsible for protecting Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom?

Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom 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 1002840.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm (9.9 km), Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation (10.1 km), Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct (10.1 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
9.9 km
Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
10.1 km
Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
10.1 km
Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
10.1 km
Roman road in Kingston Park
10.2 km
The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
10.4 km
Barrow E of Red Barn
10.6 km
Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom

Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom

DorchesterRoman town · ~6.8 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~8.3 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~15.2 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~16.9 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~8.2 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~22.5 miles
Domesday entry for Alton, Dorset →
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