Monument record MDO6285 - Iron Age/Romano-British settlement at Bowldish Pond, Wimborne St Giles

Platforms probably representing the remains of Iron Age or Romano British settlement over an area of of about one acre, integral with 'celtic' field systems. Extensively damaged by ploughing.

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

(SU 03281515) Earthworks (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 100-101 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(37) Platforms (03271515), near Bowldish Pond in the extreme E. of the parish, appear to be the remains of a settlement, probably of Iron Age or Romano-British date. They cover little more than an acre, facing S.W. on the lower valley side of the R. Crane, but they have been extensively damaged by ploughing. The site lies among 'Celtic' fields (Group (85)), and air photographs (N.M.R., SU 0315/2) suggest that it is integrated with them'.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/091 RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East) (Unpublished document). SDO18032.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213483 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 4 2022 11:50AM