Monument record MDO4485 - Enclosure, Milton Abbas

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Summary

Fragments of a ditched enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Fragments of a sub-square ditched enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <3> to the west of West Bagber Copse. The enclosure is 48m across and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project, it is considered likely to be of Iron Age ot Roman date.


<1> Radcliffe, F M, Oblique aerial photographs, FR33/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13178.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 128 (Serial). SDO90.

<3> National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15411/01 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20888.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Radcliffe, F M. Oblique aerial photographs. FR33/14.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1991. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990. 112. 128.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 05-SEP-1995. NMR 15411/01.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7846 9978 (point)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 040 053

Record last edited

Aug 16 2024 6:36PM

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