Historic Landscape Character Area 11
Downland Hills
Location
- One area in the southeast of the AONB to the west of Fordingbridge, cut by two chalk streams.
Summary Description
- A mosaic of pre 1800 veteran woodland, pre 1800 fields and assarts interspersed with small parks.
- Ancient parish boundaries take an east west slice across the landscape
- Concentration of Medieval deer parks.
- Concentration of historic parks and gardens.
- Roman villa at Rockborne which is open to the public.
- Prehistoric monument complex at Damerham.
The full Historic Landscape Character Area description is available to download from the Historic Environment Action Plan Pages
