United Kingdom

Smedmore Hill Settlement

Iron Age and Romano-British settlement in Dorset, UK

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The Smedmore Hill Settlement is an archaeological site about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Corfe Castle, in Dorset, England. The site is a settlement and an associated field system, dating from the Iron Age and Romano-British period. It is a scheduled monument, described in the list entry as "a rare and well preserved example of its class".

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Iron Age
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1956 investigation

1956

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Defensive Structures

Defensive Walls
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Animal Husbandry Features

Animal PensLivestock Enclosures
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TerracesField Systems
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.62° N, -2.09° E