Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Culverwell Mesolithic Site is a Mesolithic settlement, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is found in the local area known as Culverwell, along the Portland Bill Road which leads from the village of Southwell to Portland Bill. It is within an area of unspoiled countryside, with no past quarrying. The site is located near the southern tip of Portland, lying midway on the slope of a hill facing south towards the sea. The site is about 274 metres from the present day cliff tops and about 270 metres east of a spring after which the site takes its name. The site is maintained by the Association for Portland Archaeology – a small group dedicated to researching, investigating and excavating on Portland.Open days have been held on the site, where guided tours take place of the preserved site, showing and explaining the visible remains and artefacts and how Mesolithic people lived. The site is usually open on each first Sunday of the month from May to the end of August and also on public holidays during the Summer period. It has also been opened as part of the Festival of Archaeology. In 2004, the Culverwell Mesolithic Site won an archaeological award; the prestigious "Pitt Rivers Award", for developing this Mesolithic site on Portland.The surrounding fields between the Bill and Southwell are made up of an ancient strip field system, once found all over the island before quarrying continued to destroy them. These particular fields remain untouched from housing or quarrying. Culverwell Mesolithic Site has become a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This includes surrounding fields, also relating to the Mesolithic period, and these fields lead across to the coastline. A separate patch is also included a little further north. Aside from the fields attached to the Culverwell Site, two separate open fields have been also been scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. One field is found just south of Southwell village along the Portland Bill Road, and another is located around the Old Higher Lighthouse, heading inland."@en }
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- Culverwell_Mesolithic_Site abstract "Culverwell Mesolithic Site is a Mesolithic settlement, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is found in the local area known as Culverwell, along the Portland Bill Road which leads from the village of Southwell to Portland Bill. It is within an area of unspoiled countryside, with no past quarrying. The site is located near the southern tip of Portland, lying midway on the slope of a hill facing south towards the sea. The site is about 274 metres from the present day cliff tops and about 270 metres east of a spring after which the site takes its name. The site is maintained by the Association for Portland Archaeology – a small group dedicated to researching, investigating and excavating on Portland.Open days have been held on the site, where guided tours take place of the preserved site, showing and explaining the visible remains and artefacts and how Mesolithic people lived. The site is usually open on each first Sunday of the month from May to the end of August and also on public holidays during the Summer period. It has also been opened as part of the Festival of Archaeology. In 2004, the Culverwell Mesolithic Site won an archaeological award; the prestigious "Pitt Rivers Award", for developing this Mesolithic site on Portland.The surrounding fields between the Bill and Southwell are made up of an ancient strip field system, once found all over the island before quarrying continued to destroy them. These particular fields remain untouched from housing or quarrying. Culverwell Mesolithic Site has become a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This includes surrounding fields, also relating to the Mesolithic period, and these fields lead across to the coastline. A separate patch is also included a little further north. Aside from the fields attached to the Culverwell Site, two separate open fields have been also been scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. One field is found just south of Southwell village along the Portland Bill Road, and another is located around the Old Higher Lighthouse, heading inland.".