Monument record MDO31215 - Historic enclosure, Norden Heath, Corfe Castle

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Summary

A small banked enclosure of uncertain date and function is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the northwest of Hartlands Farm, Norden Heath. It is curvilinear, 10m across and may be of medieval or later origin.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A small banked enclosure of uncertain date and function is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the northwest of Hartlands Farm, Norden Heath (1). It is curvilinear, 10m across and may be of medieval or later origin. The feature is no longer visible as earthworks on recent Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4407-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13592.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4407-8.

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Location

Grid reference SY 94879 83712 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 18 2014 10:49AM

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