Monument record MDO1961 - Enclosure on Crate Meadow, Piddletrenthide

A small undated rectangular earthwork enclosure defined by a single bank and ditch, with a single entrance on the east side was located near the head of a small coombe. There were suggestions of possible house platforms within it and possible ponds outside to the east. This earthwork is not visible from the surface but appears on OS air photographs.

A rectangular earthwork enclosure defined by a bank and external ditch was recorded in Crates Meadow, Piddletrenthide, at the head of a shallow combe. There was an original entrance on the east side, about 3.6 m wide, with a later gap in the bank to the west. Within the enclosure, on the south side was a scarped and embanked platform, probably the site of a building. In the northern half of the enclosure were two other slight platforms and a circular hollow about 0.6 m deep. Outside the enclosure to the east were two circular hollows, possibly ponds. <1>

This enclosure was surveyed in the early 20th century by H S Toms, who considered the enclosure was later in date than a 'cultivation scarp' (probably part of an ancient field system in the surrounding area.) <2>

ST 72250097 The enclosure has been completely ploughed out. The site of the earthwork was under stubble when perambulated, and no finds were made. Soil mark of enclosure visible on OS air photographs <3.1-3.2>. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 222 (Monograph). SDO136.

(64) ENCLOSURE (72250097), at the head of a shallow combe 750 yds N of (16), consists of a rectangular area of just under 1 acre, bounded by a bank 4 ft high and an outer ditch 2 ft deep. The original entrance is a gap 12 ft wide in the E side; the gap in the W side is probably modern. Within the enclosure, on the S side is a scarped and embanked platform, probably the site of a building; in the N half of the enclosure are two other slight platforms and a circular hollow 2 ft deep. Outside the enclosure on the E are two circular hollows, possibly ponds, that to the N being 5 ft deep. H S Toms (Dorset Procs XXXIII, (1912), 40) considered that the enclosure wsas later in date than 'cultivation scarps' (ie 'Celtic' fields) in the surrounding area. (Destroyed.)

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1912, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 41-42 (Serial). SDO22.

<3> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 27-OCT-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<3.1> Ordnance Survey, OS 74/058/111 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17574.

<3.2> Ordnance Survey, OS 74/058/112 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17568.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1930, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1929 (Serial). SDO33.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 72250097) Earthworks

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, F54/141/3 (Index). SDO14738.

PLAN OF VALLEY-HEAD ENTRENCHMENT - UNDATED

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, CC74/00394B (Index). SDO14738.

PLAN OF VALLEY-HEAD ENTRENCHMENT - UNDATED

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202007 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 4:59PM