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Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm

England
List entry 1019360
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019360
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.74 hectares
Grid reference
SY 80716 96254
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Weatherby Castle is an Iron Age hillfort located approximately 1020 metres north-west of Ashley Barn Farm in Dorset. The site comprises a defensive earthwork characteristic of the Iron Age period, featuring the characteristic banks and ditches typical of hillforts constructed during this era. Like other hillforts of southern England, Weatherby Castle would have served functions relating to settlement, storage, and defence during the pre-Roman Iron Age. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1019360.

Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019360. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm?

Weatherby Castle is an Iron Age hillfort located approximately 1020 metres north-west of Ashley Barn Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019360.

Who is responsible for protecting Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm?

Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn 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 1019360.

What other scheduled monuments are near Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.7 km), Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.8 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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage
8.5 km
Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
8.7 km
Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage
8.8 km
Tadnoll Barrow
8.9 km
Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 330m south east of Nutley Farm
9.9 km
Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm

Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm

DorchesterRoman town · ~7.9 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~9.8 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.1 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~24.1 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~9.8 miles
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