Ringmoor
title: "Ringmoor" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["history-of-dorset", "scheduled-monuments-in-dorset", "former-populated-places-in-dorset", "national-trust-properties-in-dorset"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringmoor" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ringmoor |
| image | Part of ancient settlement at Ringmoor (geograph 4864894).jpg |
| image_size | 240px |
| caption | Looking east across the site |
| map_type | Dorset |
| map_size | 240px |
| location | Near Turnworth, Dorset |
| coordinates | |
| gbgridref | ST 808 086 |
| epochs | Iron Age |
| :: |
|name = Ringmoor |native_name = |alternate_name = |image = Part of ancient settlement at Ringmoor (geograph 4864894).jpg |image_size = 240px |alt = |caption = Looking east across the site |map_type = Dorset |map_alt = |map_size = 240px |location = Near Turnworth, Dorset |altitude_m = |region = |coordinates = |gbgridref = ST 808 086 |type = |epochs = Iron Age |ownership = |public_access = |website = |notes = The Ringmoor settlement is an Iron Age/Romano-British farming settlement in Dorset, England. It is between the villages of Okeford Fitzpaine and Turnworth, and lies on east-facing slopes of Bell Hill, on the Dorset Downs.
The site is owned by the National Trust, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Earthworks
The site is well preserved in unploughed downland. There is a farmstead, an oval enclosure about 45 m by 33 m, 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
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Painting_of_Ringmoor_Cottages.jpg" caption="Painting of Ringmoor Cottages"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Ruins_of_Ringmoor_Cottages_-_Gable_wall_in_2020.jpg" caption="Ruins of Ringmoor Cottages – gable wall in 2020"] ::
Ringmoor Cottages, built in the mid 19th century, once stood on the site, but they were vacated and demolished in the early 1950s.
References
References
- [https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA137288 "Earthwork Remains of Turnworth Iron Age Settlement, Ringmoor"] National Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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- [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp290-292 '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.
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