Woodcutts

Woodcutts

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude=50.9518
longitude= -2.0449
official_name= Woodcutts
map_type = Dorset
population =
shire_district= East Dorset
shire_county = Dorset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= North Dorset
post_town= SALISBURY
postcode_district = SP5
postcode_area= SP
dial_code= 01725
os_grid_reference= ST969167

Woodcutts is a hamlet within the parish of Sixpenny Handley and is located in the north of Dorset, near to the Wiltshire border.

It lies within the Cranborne Chase an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and much of the land and several of the properties in the area belong to the Rushmore Estate. The estate formerly belonged to Pitt Rivers a noted archaeologist of the 19th century. Woodcutts includes the site of a Romano-British [http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/galleries/index.php?Action=4&obID=86&prevID=42&oprevID=10| settlement] excavated in the 1890s.

The [http://www.firstwoodcutts.org.uk 1st Woodcutts] Scouts group was founded in 1957 and provides activities for the young people of the area with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts groups.


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