Monument record MDO45686 - Later prehistoric boundary north of North Farm buildings, Spetisbury

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Summary

A linear bank and ditched boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1976 to the north of North Farm Spetisbury. It runs intermittently for 680m in a ENE-WSW direction and a rectilinear ditched enclosure abuts its northern side (MDO39050). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

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Full Description

ST 89640258. Enclosure of uncertain form visible on air photographs by North Farm. Area under 0.14 ha. <1-2>

A linear bank and ditched boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1976 <4> to the north of North Farm Spetisbury. It runs intermittently for 680m in a ENE-WSW direction and a rectilinear ditched enclosure abuts its northern side (MDO39050). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.


<1> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 24 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<1.1> NMR ST 8902/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14865.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 91 (Monograph). SWX800.

ST 89640258. Enclosure of uncertain form visible on air photographs by North Farm. Area under 0.14 ha.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868679 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> J R Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3304/19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19500.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 24.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: NMR ST 8902/1. ST8902.
  • <2> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp. 91.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 868679.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: J R Boyden. 08-JUL-1976. JRB 3304/19.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8958 0253 (point)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Spetisbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SE 55
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 868679
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Spetisbury 37

Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 7:34PM

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