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White Sheet camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Fontmell Magna in Dorset, close to the Wiltshire border. The site comprises multiple concentric circuits of interrupted ditches with external banks, a characteristic feature of causewayed enclosures dating to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700 to 3500 BCE. Archaeological investigation has revealed evidence of occupation and activity consistent with ritual and domestic use typical of these monuments, which served as gathering places and centres for seasonal aggregation of Neolithic communities. The earthworks remain substantially visible as cropmarks and low banks, preserving an important record of early agricultural settlement patterns in the Wessex region.
White Sheet camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005690. View the official record →
White Sheet camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Fontmell Magna in Dorset, close to the Wiltshire border. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005690.
White Sheet camp 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 1005690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle (2.1 km), Orchard Castle (4.4 km), Pen Pits quern quarries N of Combe Bottom (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of White Sheet camp'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.
White Sheet camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.