Monument record MDO6071 - Enclosure in Brooke's Coppice, Sixpenny Handley

A roughly circular enclosure with an internal area of just over an acre. Interpreted as being probably later prehistoric or Romano British in date. In 1975 the enclosure was described as consisting of a ditch up to 18 feet wide and 2 feet deep, with slight traces of an outer bank in places, and much reduced by ploughing.

ST 9600 1772: Later prehistoric and Romano-British enclosure situated in Brookes Coppice 600 metres north west of Five Elms. Mentioned by General Pitt Rivers in 1887 and surveyed by RCHME in 1975. The ditch encloses an area of 0.4 hectares. This area has been reduced by ploughing. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

ST 960 177: Earthwork (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 70 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(26) ENCLOSURE, W. of Woodcutts Common in Brookes Coppice (961177), lies at 475 ft. above O.D. on a gentle S.E. slope in an area of Clay-with-flints. It is just over 1 acre in internal area and roughly circular on plan, with an entrance on the E. It is defined by a ditch up to 18 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep and there are slight traces of an outer bank on the N. side. The N.E. side of the enclosure, which probably is of Iron Age or Romano-British date, has now been levelled by ploughing.’

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Scheduling Amendment, 24-JUL-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO17245.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209785 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 30 2022 4:26PM