Monument record MDO25170 - Prehistoric Enclosure, Winterborne Herringston

A single ditch rectilinear enclosure, roughly 17m x 19m with a possible entrance in its east edge, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photgraphs. It is considered likely to be of Iron Age/Romano-British date. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

A rapid examination of air photography suggests the presence of at least five apparent rectangular enclosures (SY 6894 8775, SY 6893 8765, SY 6893 8758, SY 6896 8758 and SY 6899 8758), possibly buildings, plus an irregular curvilinear enclosure (SY 6877 8777, in an area of large pit-like features and what may be numerous smaller pits. The features are of Unknown date, and are visible as cropmarks. <1-2>

A single ditch rectilinear enclosure, roughly 17m x 19m with a possible entrance in its east edge, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photgraphs <3>. It is considered likely to be of Iron Age/Romano-British date. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> NMR 4436: 25 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20212.

<2> NMR 4527: 49-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20213.

<3> 11-JUL-1989, NMR SY6887/3-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12062.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 983904 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 25 2023 3:39PM