Monument record MDO4393 - Deserted settlement, Milborne St Andrew

Earthwork banks and ditches, in places disturbed by quarrying. Interpreted as the possible remains of medieval settlement and possibly the remains of fields or gardens associated with the manor house. An extensive area of medieval settlement earthworks and associated field boundaries are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

An area of ground disturbance (at SY 801973) to the south of St Andrew's Church may be the result of desertion. Further south at SY 801972 are a series of small banked enclosures possibly representing old fields or former gardens associated with the manor house. <1>

The most prominent feature here is a ditch, visible from SY 80029710 to SY 80089725. Elsewhere only one or two low banks and ditches can be seen, and one or two vague (unsurveyable) platforms. The area of disturbance at SY 801973 is largely the result of quarrying. No survey action. <2>

Additional bibliography on all of the Milborne deserted villages. <3>

An extensive area of medieval settlement earthworks and associated field boundaries are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. <5>

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4114-15 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19603.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset, 10-17 (Monograph). SWX1569.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456056 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 11:58AM