Monument record MDO4908 - Enclosure on Main Down, Tarrant Gunville

An enclosure probably of Iron Age date. It is kidney-shaped in plan and covers about 4 acres. Although flattened by cultivation it is still seen on air photographs.

Additional references, air photograph transcription plan and consideration of comparable enclosures. <2-3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 96 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(34) ENCLOSURE (934140), probably of the Iron Age, on Main Down, some 390ft. above sea level, lies on the nearby flat top of a N.-S. Chalk ridge, just E. of the Roman Road. In plan it is kidney-shaped, measuring some 600ft. by 450ft. and covering about 4 acres. Although flattened by cultivation it is still seen on air photographs (N.M.R.,ST 9313/2-6; 9314/1-3).'

<1.1> National Monuments Record, NMR ST 9313/2-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18419.

<1.2> National Monuments Record, NMR ST 9314/1-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18420.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 92 (Monograph). SWX800.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 25 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210298 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 31 2022 2:07PM