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Rotherley Down Settlement
50.9747° N, -2.0739° E
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Rotherley Down Settlement is an archaeological site of the late Iron Age and Romano-British period on Cranborne Chase, England. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Berwick St John, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Tollard Royal, in Wiltshire, near the boundary with Dorset. It is a scheduled monument.
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Occupation span
1st century BC–3rd century AD
Pitt Rivers residence at Rushmore
1880
Pitt Rivers excavations
1885–1886
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Food Production and Processing Features
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