Monument record MDO37332 - Enclosure south east of Whitechurch Hill Barn, Winterborne Whitechurch

Cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 2005 show differential growth in an arable crop in the shape of a slightly skewed rectangle. This is interpreted as an enclosure of possible late prehistoric date. There may be an entrance on the western side of the enclosure, where the cropmarks are less distinct. Fragmentary linear cropmarks elsewhere in this field and on the same alignment as the enclosure suggest that it may be part of a larger complex of enclosures or is associated with a field system. The presence of a rectilinear ditched enclosure was confirmed during the Middle Dorset Stour AIM.

The enclosure has sharply defined to slightly rounded corners, and measures approximately 60 metres north-south by 47 metres east-west. No entrance can be seen, although there may be one in the central part of the western side where the cropmarks are less distinct. No internal features were discerned. There are a number of other indistinct linear cropmarks elsewhere in the field that have not been separately recorded. <1>
A rectilinear ditched enclosure was digitally plotted during the Middle Dorset Stour AIM in the field to the south of Whitechurch Hill Barn. It is 50m by 60m across and may have gaps or entrances in the north east and south west corners. A short stretch of ditch lies immediately to the north of the enclosure. The features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 2005 and 2007 <1-2>.

<1> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR 24629/41 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19458.

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Feb 16 2023 5:09PM