Monument record MDO1166 - Enclosure in Town Hill Slip Plantation, Frampton

About 50 yds to the NE is an earthwork, 'A', which is probably not a barrow. <2>

'A' An enclosure consisting of a semi circular bank, diam 96 ft; the bank is 3-5 ft high above the ground outside and the surface inside is about 1 1/2 ft high. <3>

'A' This earthwork consists of a bank which forms three sides of a square, but with very rounded corners giving a semi-circular effect in the plan view. On the side facing the SW a broad shallow outer ditch is visible. The interior is planted with young conifers, and is above the general ground level. The fourth SE side has been destroyed by the modern farm yard and buildings. The raised interior does not suggest a normal enclosure for impounding animals and it could possibly be a building platform. No entrance is visible on the existing sides. <4>

'A' does not appear to have been erected for a building platform. <5>

(SY 61479278) .... "Enclosure Frampton No 20 has no demonstrable link with the fields (see Celtic field system - SY 69 SW 20) but is probably prehistoric ...". <7>

SY 614928-615925 "Three round barrows near Town Hill Barn. Scheduled No 316". <8>

'A'. SY 61479278. This enclosure remains as described; in good condition within a plantation. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <9>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 61479278 'B' - SY 61439272) Tumuli (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 117 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(20) ENCLOSURE, in Town Hill Slip Plantation over 1½ m. S.W. of the church and immediately N.W. of Town Hill Barn, consists of a semi-circular bank with a diam. of 96 ft. The bank is 3 to 5 ft. high above the ground outside and the surface inside is about 1½ ft. high.'

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 24-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 61479278) Earthwork (NR)

<7> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 624 Plan (Monograph). SDO150.

<8> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<9> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 10-APR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F31/8 (Index). SDO14738.

UNIDENTIFIED EARTHWORK AT FRAMPTON FROM SOUTH

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453655 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 9 2023 7:25AM