Monument record MDO5212 - Deserted village of Nicholson, Winterborne Clenston

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Summary

Extensive Settlement remains with long closes, hollow-way, lynchets and building platforms.

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Full Description

(Centred ST 839024) SETTLEMENT REMAINS (838027, 838022 and 839022), part of the former village of Nicholson, lie on both sides of the Winterborne valley to the S.W. and S. of St. Nicholas's Church in three groups. Some 200 yds. S.W. of the church (838027) are the remains of at least five house-sites; they are rectangular platforms, 45 ft. by about 80 ft., cut back into the valley side, with low indeterminate scarps upon them. S.E. of Oatclose Wood (838022) are a group of seven or eight long closes, 100 yds. to 120 yds. long and 50 yds. wide, divided by low banks; at least five of the closes had rectangular platforms either cut back into the valley sides or slightly raised. All of them have been destroyed by ploughing and are now represented by spreads of flints and sarsen blocks. A hollow-way 30 ft. wide with banks on both sides runs from Oatclose Wood to the Winterborne stream, dividing the group into two parts. On the E. side of the stream, to the W. of Heathy Field Coppice (839022), are the remains of four long closes, probably associated with houses; they are now almost destroyed. W. of the stream (838026) are contour strip lynchets with low risers. On the E. of the stream (840022 and 840028), fragments of massive contour strip lynchets remain. (1-2)


<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 297 (Monograph). SDO136.

(6) Settlement Remains (838027, 838022 and 839022), part of the former village of Nicholson, lie on both sides of the Winterborne valley to the S.W. and S. of St. Nicholas's Church (Plate 214); they lie in three groups. Some 200 yds. S.W. of the church (838027) are the remains of at least five house-sites; they are rectangular platforms, 45 ft. by about 80 ft., cut back into the valley side, with low indeterminate scarps upon them. S.E. of Oatclose Wood (838022) are a group of seven or eight long closes, 100 yds. to 120 yds. long and 30 yds. wide, divided by low banks; at least five of the closes had rectangular platforms either cut back into the valley sides or slightly raised. All of them have been destroyed by ploughing and are now represented by spreads of flints and sarsen blocks. A hollow-way 30 ft. wide with banks on both sides runs from Oatclose Wood to the Winterborne stream, dividing the group into two parts. On the E. side of the stream, to the W. of Heathy Field Coppice (839022), are the remains of four long closes, probably associated with houses; they are now almost destroyed.

<2> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1934, 1089-90, 3119-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17833.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1994, Medieval Village Research Group Index, PRN 435 (Index). SDO16386.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205745 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 297.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. RAF/CPE/UK/1934. 1089-90, 3119-20.
  • <3> Index: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1994. Medieval Village Research Group Index. PRN 435.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205745.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 838 024 (328m by 582m)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Winterborne Clenston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 068 006
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SW 16
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205745
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Clenston 6

Record last edited

Mar 17 2022 11:13AM

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