Monument record MDO5849 - Iron Age enclosure at Cock Crow Farm, Moor Crichel

Iron Age necked enclosure. Consists of a sub-circular enclosure with an entrance at the south east, outside of which is a funnel-like area formed by ditches.

ST 984091. A sub-circular ditched enclosure with wide entrance on the south-east is visible at Cock Crow Farm, just west of Ackling Dyke Roman Road, (RR 4c)., The entrance is protected externally by 'autennae' ditches which create a funnelled approach to the enclosure. For similarities in the layout of the enclosure see the Iron Age settlement at Gussage St. Michael (ST 91 SE 24), excavated by Wainwright in 1972. <1>

Moor Crichel 9. ST 98490913. Necked enclosure, area 1.6ha. Irregular and incomplete circle with parallel-ditched passage entrance about 40m long and 20m wide SE downhill. Adjacent Roman Road levelled. [Plans of comparable sites]. <3-4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 25-Jun-1975, OS/75/284 045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19251.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, RCH01/091 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East). Scope & Content: Annotated publication proofs for Dorset V, East Dorset, published in 1974. Also includes original surveys, drawings and field notes, and unpublished material. Original survey material has been catalogued.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, Moor Crichel 9 (Monograph). SWX800.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 28, Moor Crichel 9 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<4.1> National Monuments Record, NMR OAPs ST 9809/2/98 and 99; 9809/3/100-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19252.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209314 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 29 2024 1:08PM