Monument record MDO47812 - Pond, Badbury Rings, Shapwick

A pond situated within the interior of Badbury Rings. The two ponds were in use by 1887 and are rectilinear in shape; one may have originated as a quarry pit.

Two water-filled ponds cut into the gravel bed are located opposite the W entrance within the interior of Badbury Rings hillfort.

ST 96340303. An embanked rectangular pit, 22m by 14m, gives the appearance of having been deliberately dug as a pond. Both ponds were certainly in existance in 1887 as both are depicted on the OS 25 inch map. Only the `quarry' pond is located on the 1811 Inclosure Map.

A full Field Survey Report is available in NMR Archives. (1)

<1> Donachie, J D, 1994, RCHME Field Survey Report: Badbury Rings Hillfort, Shapwick, Dorset (Monograph). SDO19358.

<1.1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, Dorset XXV.14, 1887 (Map). SDO18020.

<2> Donachie, J D, RCHME Surveyor's comments JDD, 09-Aug-1996 (Verbal communication). SDO20533.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1061623 (Index). SDO14738.

Badbury Rings Hillfort (1993)

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 1182419 (Index). SDO14738.

Badbury Rings (1998)/ink survey

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 918802 (Index). SDO14738.

Badbury Rings hillfort (1993)/ink survey

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF0918785 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME: Badbury Rings, Dorset (1993). RCHME Salisbury surveyed the interior of the Iron Age hillfort in 1993, at the request of the National Trust.Contents : 3 plans, report, correspondence, survey data, computer plot, research material, field check sheetCondition : INTACT

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1127432 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME: Badbury Rings, Dorset (1998). The summit area of Badbury Rings was cleared of undergrowth in 1997 by the National Trust and the young conifer plantation was thinned out. The clearance offered the opportunity for the RCHME to complete the large scale survey of the hilltop which proved impractical in 1993 because of the vegetation cover.Contents : 1 plan

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1060452 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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