Monument record MDO1344 - Enclosure, Leigh

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A circular enclosure was noted on air photos measuring up to 160 feet in diameter and overlain by broad ridge and furrow. A ground visit in 1977 revealed no trace of the feature and the ridge and furrow has been almost completely ploughed out.

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(ST 61690931) Possible circular enclosure 160 feet in diameter, overlaid by broad rig. Visible on air photographs as soil marks on heavily ploughed fields. <1>

No ground detail is visible of the circular enclosure cropmark. The rig and furrow has been almost completely ploughed out. The field, which is on level ground, is at present under pasture. <2>


<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1), 23.9.76 (Unpublished document). SDO17382.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF CPE/UK/1975 2054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17398.

<2> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 27-OCT-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 198852 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1). 23.9.76.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF CPE/UK/1975 2054-5.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Phillips, A S. Various. Field Investigators Comments ASP. F1 ASP 27-OCT-77.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 198852.

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Location

Grid reference ST 616 094 (point)
Map sheet ST60NW
Civil Parish Leigh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 060 023
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 60 NW 15
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 198852

Record last edited

Nov 25 2021 2:26PM

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