Monument record MDO37341 - Possible enclosure west of Bishops Court Farm, Shapwick

A small possible plough-levelled sub-D shaped enclosure visible on aerial photographs dated 2005. It was also recorded during the geophysical survey of the route of the Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Transfer Scheme. Three pit-like anomalies were found within the enclosure. The enclosure was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

A small possible plough-levelled sub-D shaped enclosure, seemingly open on its western side and measuring approximately 24 metres by 24 metres, visible as acropmark on aerial photographs dated 2005. [1]

This monument was recorded as a geophysical anomaly (273) during the geophysical survey of the route of the Wessex Water Corfe Mullen to Salisbury Transfer Scheme by Stratascan in 2012. It consisted of three lengths of straight or curving linear positive anomalies forming a D-shaped enclosure enclosing an area about 22m by 23m, with three gaps to the north west, south west and south east. Within the enclosure are three pit-like anomalies (274). [2]

The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

The enclosure was digitally plotted from aerial photographs (1, 3) during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project.

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

<2> Marsh, B and Biggs, M, 2012, Geophysical Survey Report Corfe Mullen to Salisbury WTS, 28-29 (Unpublished document). SDO14089.

<3> Google Earth, 2009, Google Earth 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15393.

Record last edited

Aug 12 2022 5:28PM