Ringmoor

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.

Ringmoor

Looking east across the site
Shown within Dorset
Location	Near Turnworth, Dorset
Coordinates	50°52′35″N 2°16′25″W
OS grid reference	ST 808 086
History
Periods	Iron Age

The site is owned by the National Trust,^[1] and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[2]

Earthworks

The site is well preserved in unploughed downland. There is a farmstead, an oval enclosure about 45 metres (148 ft) by 33 metres (108 ft), 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.^[2][3]

More recent occupation

Painting of Ringmoor Cottages

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.^[3]