Earthwork
Earthwork is an archaeological site in Sixpenny Handley, East Dorset District, England. Earthwork is situated nearby to Long Barrow, as well as near Tumulus.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Wor Barrow.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 4,200 feet west of Earthwork.
Wor Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, about 1 mile east of Sixpenny Handley in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Its excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893–1894 has been described as "an important event in the study of British archaeology". Wor Barrow is situated 2½ miles northeast of Earthwork.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 2 miles south of Earthwork.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sixpenny Handley and Gussage St Michael.
Sixpenny Handley
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum. Sixpenny Handley is situated 2 miles north of Earthwork.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 2 miles south of Earthwork.
Long Crichel
Village
Photo: Dave Napier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Crichel is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase five miles northeast of Blandford Forum. Long Crichel is situated 2½ miles south of Earthwork.
Earthwork
- Type: Shrubland
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Sixpenny Handley, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92852° or 50° 55′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.01727° or 2° 1′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2VWXHM+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 176951399OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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