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The Ringmoor settlement is an
National Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2020. and is a
Ringmoor Cottages, built in the mid 19th century, once stood on the site, but they were vacated and demolished in the early 1950s.'Turnworth', in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset'', Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 290–292
British History Online. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
/Romano-British
The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons, a ...
farming settlement in Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of ...
, England. It is between the villages of Okeford Fitzpaine
Okeford Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale south of the town of Sturminster Newton. It is sited on a thin strip of greensand under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs. In th ...
and Turnworth
Turnworth is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the Dorset Downs west of Blandford Forum. It consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house. In 2013 the civil parish had an ...
, and lies on east-facing slopes of Bell Hill, on the Dorset Downs
The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger chalk formation which also includes (from west to east) Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, H ...
.
The site is owned by the National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
,"Earthwork Remains of Turnworth Iron Age Settlement, Ringmoor"National Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2020. and is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
.
Earthworks
The site is well preserved in unploughed downland. There is a farmstead, an oval enclosure about by , with an entrance on the east; inside are levelled areas, thought to be the sites of buildings. Outside the enclosure, trackways and field systems are still clearly visible as banks in the grassland.More recent occupation
Ringmoor Cottages, built in the mid 19th century, once stood on the site, but they were vacated and demolished in the early 1950s.'Turnworth', in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset'', Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 290–292British History Online. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
References
{{Reflist History of Dorset Scheduled monuments in Dorset Former populated places in Dorset National Trust properties in Dorset