Monument record MWX576 - Battery Bank, East Stoke

A linear earthwork of probable later prehistoric date, comprising a bank with accompanying ditch. Gravel quarrying has destroyed parts of the earthwork, which now survives as a series of individual sections of varying length. This particular section is located on South Heath, east of Binnegar Lane and running through Jubilee Plantation. Its surviving length is 700 metres, and the bank is 8 metres wide on average. The other surviving sections are recorded as SY 88 NW 41, SY 88 NE 43, 44 and 45. Scheduled.

[This section of Battery Bank was formerly recorded as part of SY 88 NE 8, which originally dealt with Battery Bank as a whole. SY 88 NE 8 is now the parent record for the whole earthwork, and each individual section is recorded as a separate child monument] Battery Bank consists of a bank with a ditch on the outer side, the course of which is irregular. The bank is composed of earth and small flints and the ditch in preserved sections appears to be wide but shallow. Gravel workings have erased much of the earthwork and threaten further sections. (1)

Section E (see individual records for the other surviving sections) - SY 88338780 to SY 88948747. A well preserved bank, 8 metres wide on average, with a ditch visible at the west and east ends. It has been ploughed up to, but not over. Its length is 700 metres. It is very well-preserved in Jubilee Plantation. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (2)

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-AUG-1952 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 29-JUN-1981 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> DCMS, 1997, Scheduled Monument Notification 1997, 15-OCT-1997 (Scheduling record). SDO17426.

<4> Tabor, R, and Weale, A, 2016, Binnegar Quarry, Southern Extension, Wareham, Dorset. An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO15018.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1096776 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455138 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 10 2024 2:38PM