Rotherley Down Settlement

Rotherley Down Settlement is an archaeological site of the late Iron Age and Romano-British period on Cranborne Chase, England.

There is a large circular enclosure within a bank and ditch, with storage pits inside.

Nearby are banks and ditches, indicating the remains of houses, storage pits and enclosures.

[1] Bones from burials at the site from the main occupation period were measured, and were found to be smaller than those discovered elsewhere on Cranborne Chase; this suggested to Pitt Rivers that the inhabitants here were in "a lower condition of life".

[3] Other archaeological sites on Cranborne Chase excavated by Pitt Rivers include the Martin Down Enclosure, South Lodge Camp, Woodcutts Settlement and Wor Barrow.