Monument record MDO40456 - Possible late prehistoric field boundary, Tenantry Down, Wimborne St Giles

A curvilinear banked earthwork on Tenantry Down is visible on current Lidar imagery. The feature may represent a fild boundary or boundary bank of late prehistoric date, although a later origin is also possible. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A curvilinear banked earthwork on Tenantry Down is visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The feature is 226m long and curves outwards to the east and inwards to the west , where it may be truncated by a post medieval field boundary and trackway. The feature is presumed to represent afield boundary or boundary bank of late prehistoric date, although a later, possibly medieval origin, is also possible.

The feature may be associated with a late prehistoric dyke to the west (MDO5545).

It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

Record last edited

Mar 23 2018 12:54PM