Monument record MDO1104 - Medieval settlement remains, East Chelborough

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1988, Council for British Archaeology Group 12: Newsletter, March 1988, 9-10 (Serial). SDO13179.

‘Ordnance Survey Map Revision. West Dorset. RCHME is responsible for supplying the Ordnance Survey with up to date surveys of antiquities for depiction on larger scale OS plans. The Melbury area of West Dorset is currently under revision at 1:2500 scale, and the following sites were recorded at a basic scale of 1:1000 with reductions to 1:2500 being supplied to the OS at Southampton. A selection of those sites recorded is noted below. … East Chelborough, 2 motte and bailey castles and settlement remains, ST 553054: The motte and bailey castles, located within 150 metres of each other were recorded in detail. Both bore traces of masonry structures on the mottes. Below (west of) the westernmost castle previously unrecorded remains of a small medieval settlement were noted, as was a post-medieval house site with associated garden earthworks.’

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