Monument record MDO8052 - Medieval settlement at Baltington, Tyneham

Medieval settlement at Baltington. Remains of banks, lynchets and trackways of former medieval settlement at Baltington are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery.

SY 876804. Baltington, referred to as Boltington or Bullington in 1280 Assize Rolls. <2>

The settlement is now in very poor condition and lies in uncut grassland. No hollow ways are now visible and little of the other described remains can be seen (see plan). Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <3>

Remains of banks, lynchets and trackways of former medieval settlement at Baltington are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <5> and Lidar imagery <6>. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

See also RAF vertical aerial photograph ref. CPE/UK/1821/5423 (RMAT 12/10/2015)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 302 (Monograph). SDO149.

'(6) SETTLEMENT REMAINS At Baltington (877804) cover 5 acres E. and S. of the derelict farm. Tracks, partly hollowed and partly terraced, run around and between enclosures, mostly lying on either side of a broad gully falling S., and there are some flattened plots. A scarp 4 ft. high, presumably due to cultivation, marks the N. limit of the remains. The slopes N. of this were arable in 1773 and 1841 (I. Taylor, Estate Map (c. 1773), in D.C.R.O.; Tithe Map (1841)).'

<2> Mills, A D, 1977, English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset, 102 (Monograph). SWX2586.

<3> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 27-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<4> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 137 (Index). SDO147.

'The earthworks lie in permanent pasture. 7/7/ C.'

<5> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 2028-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12953.

<6> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<7> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455519 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 21 2023 7:31AM