Monument record MDO49704 - Undated enclosures, Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras

A series of bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras. The features include a curvilinear enclosure at the northern end of the wood which has an internal bank and external ditch (suggesting a defensive structure to keep things out rather than a stock enclosure (see also MDO49640 for a similar enclosure)). Other features include a series of curvilinear boundaries and hollows which may be of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A series of bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras. The features include a curvilinear enclosure at the northern end of the wood which has an internal bank and external ditch (suggesting a defensive structure to keep things out rather than a stock enclosure (see also MDO49640 for a similar enclosure)). Other features include a series of curvilinear boundaries and hollows which may be of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environment Agency 2021)

Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2026, 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550 (Machine readable data file). SDO21762.

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Sep 1 2026 4:26PM