Monument record MDO6380 - Ackling Dyke Roman Road
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ST96650317 to SU14163265 Badbury Rings (Vindocladia) to Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) Roman Road. A well authenticated and largely extant Roman Road, including Ackling Dyke, between Gussage St Michael and Pentridge. (see linear archive for details)
<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Linear File (RR4c) (Unpublished document). SDO20587.
<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), xxxii-xxxiii (Monograph). SDO129.
'Roman Road IV. Old Sarum to Badbury Rings
The road from Old Sarum to Badbury Rings enters the county just N.E. of Woodyates…..The Roman road continues across Oakley down and cuts two disc barrows on the edge of a large group there. The well preserved agger, often flanked by later tracks, is now known as Ackling (Oakley) Dyke.'
The road has an agger 40 ft to 50 ft wide aqnd from 4ft to 6ft high with the remains of gravelled metalling.
<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1047606 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDO20587 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Linear File (RR4c).
- <2> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). xxxii-xxxiii.
- <3> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1047606.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SU 000 117 (6417m by 16313m) |
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Map sheet | SU01SW |
Civil Parish | Wimborne St Giles; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 026 130
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: LINEAR 498
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1047606
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Road IV. Old Sarum to Badbury
Record last edited
Mar 15 2024 12:29PM