Monument record MDO46148 - Ditches, Wimborne St Giles

Two short parallel linear ditches, of uncertain date and function, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project.

SU 0329 1079. Two short parallel linear ditches, of uncertain date and function, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The ditches are 7.9m and 6.8m long, 9.2m apart. Their size and form, and their proximity to many small round barrows (SU 01 SW 190, SU 01 SW 200), suggests that they may represent a possible square barrow or structure of Prehistoric or Roman date. They also appear to be associated with possible Prehistoric or Roman linear trackways and boundaries (SU 01 SW 214). <1-2>

<1> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1990, NMR 4651/069 (SU0310/003) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15755.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR SU 0310/10 (NMR 15314/21) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18729.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409895 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 10 2023 8:20AM