Monument record MDO5246 - Enclosure, Winterborne Houghton

A slight bank with outer ditch and forming a possible enclosure with sides around 180 feet by 80 feet. This monument is situated in an area of prehistoric fields and is probably contemporary with them.

(ST 8056 0371) Remains of a possible enclosure of unknown date consist of a slight bank and outer ditch forming an angle of 80 deg, with sides about 180ft by 80ft. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 339 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘About 230 yds. W. of (a), at 806037, on a gentle N.-falling slope, are remains of a slight bank (? enclosure, date unknown) with outer ditch forming an angle of 80°, with sides about 180 ft. by 80 ft.; it lies immediately E. of the small mounds Winterborne Houghton (13–15). The track still visibly skirting this area was shown on O.S. 1811 as a road linking Winterborne Houghton to the ridgeway. Dyke (11), 100 yds. further N.W., is probably contemporary with the 'Celtic' fields.
Air photographs: CPE/UK 1975: 1026–9 (S. of area) and 1974: 5169–73 (N. of area and Winterborne Stickland).’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205824 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 16 2022 1:27PM