Monument record MDO7231 - Shrunken medieval settlement, West Chaldon, Chaldon Herring

Deserted medieval village immediately east of Holworth farm. Comprises a complex of scarps and banks forming rectilinear and sub-square plots either side of a partially sunken east-west aligned road. Three Holworths are known to have belonged to Milton Abbas - this might be East or North Holworth. Excavation in 1958 produced occupation evidence up to the fifteenth century, but not beyond.

Remains of a Medieval or Later settlement at West Chaldon Farm cover some 2 acres and consist of two much
disturbed platforms to the south of the farm at SY 77778277. Largely formless remains including a platform and rectangular
flat depression are also visible to the north of the farm at SY 77838305. <1-2>

These remains (centred at SY 778829) consist of two or three amorphous platforms and undulations which form no coherent pattern. <3>

Hand-annotation to DHER record card notes "Two platforms to S of farm now covered over; no damage; by roadside SY 7775 8270, C Tracy 11/7/80" [Colin Tracy re Weld Estate Survey].

<1> Hutchins, J, 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition, 343 (Monograph). SDO12569.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 36 (Monograph). SDO148.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4437-38 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19839.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454261 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 13 2023 8:17AM