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Wynford Wood boundary bank is a linear earthwork located in Dorset, England, that survives as a substantial bank marking a territorial or property boundary. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England (entry 1005576) and represents a type of landscape feature characteristic of medieval or post-medieval land division in southern England. Such boundary banks typically indicate the demarcation of significant landholdings or administrative divisions, with their construction and maintenance reflecting the organisation of medieval rural society. The physical form of the bank at Wynford Wood, as a raised linear feature crossing the landscape, exemplifies the earthwork boundaries that often became fossilised in the medieval period and survived into the modern landscape as records of historic land use patterns.
Wynford Wood boundary bank is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005576. View the official record →
Wynford Wood boundary bank is a linear earthwork located in Dorset, England, that survives as a substantial bank marking a territorial or property boundary. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005576.
Wynford Wood boundary bank 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 1005576.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts (9.6 km), Long barrow W of Hampton Barn (9.7 km), Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm (9.8 km).
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