Monument record MDO5890 - Enclosure at Sweetbriar Drove, Pamphill

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Summary

An enclosure visible as a soil mark on an air photograph. It is roughly circular and about 110 metres in diameter.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Polygonal and two very small rectangular or trapedzoidal enclosures, incomplete. Area 0.7ha. [Plans of comparable sites]. <2-3>


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 67 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(92) ENCLOSURE (96420127), S. of Lodge Down, has been flattened by ploughing, but is visible as a soil-mark on an air photograph (N.M.R., ST9500/1); it lies on the S. side of a low knoll, just over 150 ft. above O.D. In plan it is circular, about 340 ft. in diameter, and defined by a narrow ditch which has been cut on the S. side by Sweetbriar Drove.'

<1.1> NMR ST 9500/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19370.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 91 (Monograph). SWX800.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 28 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/091 RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East) (Unpublished document). SDO18032.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209584 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 67.
  • <1.1> Aerial Photograph: NMR ST 9500/1.
  • <2> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp. 91.
  • <3> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 28.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/091 RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East).
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209584.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9642 0127 (point)
Map sheet ST90SE
Civil Parish Pamphill; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 016 092
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 SE 67
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209584
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Pamphill 92

Record last edited

Feb 9 2023 2:40PM

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