Monument record MDO39050 - Prehistoric enclosure north of North Farm buildings, Spetisbury

Cropmarks visible on an aerial photograph. Interpreted as an enclosure, probably of prehistoric date. The rectilinear enclosure abuts the northern side of a linear bank and ditched boundary described separately in MDO45686 and was digitally recorded from aerial photographs taken in 1976 during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

ST 89640258. Enclosure of uncertain form visible on air photographs by North Farm. Area under 0.14 ha. <1-2>

A rectilinear ditched enclosure 38m by 27m across is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1976 <4>. The rectilinear enclosure abuts the northern side of a linear bank and ditched boundary described separately in MDO45686 and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 24 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<1.1> NMR ST 8902/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14865.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 91 (Monograph). SWX800.

ST 89640258. Enclosure of uncertain form visible on air photographs by North Farm. Area under 0.14 ha.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868679 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 7:01PM