Monument record MDO51007 - Funerary enclosure, Grimstone Reservoir, Stratton

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Summary

Two opposing curvilinear north and south ditches of later Middle Iron Age date, enclosing a roughly circular area approximately 8m in diameter. In the centre of the enclosure was a shallow pit or post hole which may possibly have had totemic significance.

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Full Description

Tabor, R, 2011, Grimstone Reservoir, Dorchester, Dorset. An Archaeological Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO12549.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Tabor, R. 2011. Grimstone Reservoir, Dorchester, Dorset. An Archaeological Field Evaluation.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6460 9529 (20m by 22m)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2026 4:43PM

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