Monument record MDO37315 - Prehistoric enclosures, Winterborne Kingston

Cropmarks on aerial photogaphs taken in 2002 form two irregular concentric circles around 80 metres and 140 metres in diameter, interpreted as enclosures. Possibly a banjo enclosure of Iron Age date. Cropmarks of fragments of three conjoined ditched later prehistoric enclosures with internal pit spreads representing at least two phases are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording Programme. Possibly part of a settlement. The features were digitally recorded from aerial photographs during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

The form of the enclosures suggests that they are of Iron Age date. Possibly a banjo enclosure with 'antennae' to the west, but the cropmarks are not clear. <1-2>

Cropmarks of fragments of three conjoined ditched later prehistoric enclosures with internal pit spreads, possibly part of a settlement with at least two phases of development which is centred at SY 8557 9903 which are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording Programme. There are traces of further ditches across the field. <3>

The features were digitally recorded from aerial photographs during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM <5-6>, they include fragments of enclosures, field boundaries and pits.

<1> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<2> Dorset County Council, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12570.

<3> 30-APR-2015, HEA 29572_041 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19650.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1622903 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3305/24 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19884.

<6> National Monuments Record, 10-APR-1980, NMR 1743/438-439 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19886.

Record last edited

Jun 21 2023 11:53AM