Monument record MDO43918 - Later prehistoric ditched enclosure, Pamphill

The possible site of a double-ditched oval enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of High Wood, Pamphill. It is probably of later prehistoric date and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project.

Cropmarks representing a possible oval or circular enclosure are visible on air photographs taken 15 April 2002. The cropmarks comprise two arcs of paired ditch which may represent parts of the circuit of a bivallate enclosure. <1>

The possible site of a double-ditched oval enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of High Wood, Pamphill <2>. The feature comprises two arcs of paired ditches possibly forming the northwest and southeast sides of an oval enclosure sub-rectangular, 55m across. It is likely to be of later prehistoric date and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project.

<1> 15-APR-2002, NMR 21628/15 ST 9704/10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19372.

<2> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-1995, NMR 15397/32 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18149.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1403339 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 8 2023 4:48PM