Monument record MDO25131 - Chapel Hill - Enclosure

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Summary

A single ditched, roughly rectilinear enclosure, at least 45m x 52m, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs {1}. A possible entrance is visible as a break 6m wide along its south edge. The date and function of this feature are uncertain: it is possible that it acted as a stock enclosure. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Full Description

A single ditched, roughly rectilinear enclosure, at least 45m x 52m, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs {1}. A possible entrance is visible as a break 6m wide along its south edge. The date and function of this feature are uncertain: it is possible that it acted as a stock enclosure. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


13-MAR-1971, NMR SY6987/2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12069.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: 13-MAR-1971. NMR SY6987/2.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6972 8778 (67m by 101m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Came; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Mar 14 2012 5:04PM

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