Monument record MDO20948 - MOUNT PLEASANT: Romano-British enclosure

A rectangular enclosure of Romano-British date is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs taken of Mount Pleasant henge monument during excavation of the site by Geoffrey Wainwright (1970-71).

Part of a rectangular enclosure of Romano-British date is visible as a soilmark in aerial photographs taken of Mount Pleasant henge monument (MDO2890) during excavation of the site by Geoffrey Wainwright (1970-71) {1}. Excavations revealed a Romano-British enclosure overlying the circular post-hole structure and surrounding ditch (site IV) located within the south-west interior of the henge. The enclosure was represented as a gully (45cm wide and 7-8cm deep) which surrounded a rectangular area 12m wide from west to east and of unknown length, with a single entrance gap 1.5m wide in its south-eastern corner. The gully cuts across the outer ditch of the post-hole feature and is located to the north-west of its northern entrance. Finds dated the gully to the fourth century AD. {2}

<1> Barber, M, 2005, Mount Pleasant 2005 plot (Cartographic materials). SDO10978.

<1> Barber, M, 2008, Mount Pleasant Draft Archive Report 2008 (Unpublished document). SDO10981.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1971, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1970, 126 (Serial). SDO70.

<2> Wainwright, G J, 1979, Mount Pleasant. Dorset: Excavations 1970-1971 (Monograph). SDO10986.

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Jan 16 2025 7:05PM