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Woodcutts Settlement

Late Iron Age–Romano‑British farmstead in Dorset, UK

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Woodcutts Settlement is an archaeological site of the late Iron Age and Romano-British period on Cranborne Chase, England. It is situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the hamlet of Woodcutts, and about 1.75 miles (2.8 km) north-west of the village of Sixpenny Handley, in Dorset, near the boundary with Wiltshire. It is a scheduled monument.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Early enclosure established

early 1st century AD

Outer enclosures added

late 2nd century AD

New enclosure and well added

early 4th century AD

Occupation continues until

about 360 AD

Limited excavation by J. H. Austen

1863

Pitt Rivers excavations

1884–1885

Pitt Rivers publication

1887

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Archaeological Features

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Storage Structures

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Defensive Structures

Ditches
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Animal Husbandry Features

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Water Management Features

Wells
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Burial and Funerary Structures

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Industrial and Craft Structures

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Agricultural and Land Use Features

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Domestic and Habitation Structures

Houses
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial MoundsLandscaped Earthworks
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Food Production and Processing Features

Ovens
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Transportation and Communication Structures

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Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.96° N, -2.05° E