Monument record MDO40691 - Undated enclosure, High Lea Dairy, Hinton Parva

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Summary

A rectilinear ditched enclosure is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the north of High Lea Diary, Hinton Parva. It is 73m across and truncated on its eastern edge by (or abuts) an extant field boundary marked on the OS 1st edition map. The enclosure is of uncertain date, it may be post medieval, medieval or earlier; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A rectilinear ditched enclosure is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1995 (1-2) to the north of High Lea Diary, Hinton Parva. It is 73m across and truncated on its eastern edge by (or abuts) an extant field boundary marked on the OS 1st edition map. The enclosure is of uncertain date, it may be post medieval, medieval or earlier. It is visible as a partial earthwork on lidar imagery (3) and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> Royal Air Force, 18-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1845 FS 2045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15909.

<2> National Monuments Record, 27-JUN-1995, NMR 15306/02-3 (NMR ST 9906/10-11) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15919.

<3> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1845 FS 2045-6.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 27-JUN-1995. NMR 15306/02-3 (NMR ST 9906/10-11).
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9955 0648 (point) (5 map features)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Hinton Parva; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Dec 12 2018 5:49PM

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