Monument record MDO1904 - Enclosure west of New Buildings, Piddlehinton

An enclosure consisting of a bank and external ditch, except on the northern side where there is only a ditch, enclosing an area of about one third of an acre.

Ploughed out; only a very faint scarp visible on the ground. This earthwork was not a valley enclosure, and may have been analagous to the Church Hill enclosure at Piddletrenthide of unknown date. <2>

Only unsurveyable traces of this earthwork may be seen in a stubble covered field, and it may now be considered as site. The relationship between the earthwork and the field system (SY 69 NE 12) could not be determined. <3>

(SY 69709664). Enclosure now destroyed by ploughing formerly lay immediately west of New Buildings, on the crest of an east-west spur, and consisted of a rectangular area of circa 1/2 acre, bounded by a bank and an external ditch on the west, south and east sides, and by a ditch only on the north. There was no entrance. It lies in close, but indeterminable, relationship to `Celtic' fields. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 69729667) Earthwork (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Mss file (Unpublished document). SDO18524.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 07-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 212 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(24) Enclosure (69709664), now destroyed by ploughing, formerly lay immediately W. of New Buildings, on the crest of an E.-W. spur at 420 ft.above O.D.; it consisted of a rectangular area of approximately ½ acre, bounded by a bank and an external ditch on the W., S. and E. sides, and by a ditch only on the N. There was no entrance. Faint traces of 'Celtic' fields (see Group (35)) occur in the vicinity (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974: 1369).'

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452926 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 27 2023 2:37PM