What is recorded here

The National Heritage List for England records Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill is a scheduled monument believed to be an early-medieval ringfort, or rath, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. Local folklore associates such sites with the fairy folk, and they were often avoided or revered in traditional belief systems.

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