Monument record MDO4888 - Bank, probable boundary of abbey precinct, Tarrant Crawford

An earthwork bank and ditch which appears to have enclosed a roughly rectangular area of about 7.5 acres. This feature is thought likely to be the boundary of the abbey precinct.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 88 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(7) BANK AND DITCH, presumably bounding the abbey precinct, occurs in several places and appears to have enclosed a roughly rectangular area of some 7½ acres (Plate 34). On the S.E., extending about 150 yds. S.W. from 92180338, a double bank 2 ft. to 3 ft. high has a ditch 3 ft. deep on the N.W. side. The S.W. boundary is marked by a bank 3 ft. high with a slight inner ditch, immediately S.W. of (3); formerly this part of the bank was over 200 yds. Long, but only 80 yds. Remain at the N.W. end. On the N.W. the precinct probably was bounded by the Tarrant. The N.E. boundary is no longer defined'.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410346 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 14 2023 6:51PM