Monument record MWX665 - Cuckoo Pen, Wytch Farm, Corfe Castle
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Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Cuckoo Pen (depicted on Ordnance Survey maps as an oval mound) is usually a jocular (field) name alluding to the folk-tale of penning the cuckoo to prevent the passing of summer, but possibly the allusion is to cuckolding. (Mills 1977)
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.
National Record of the Historic Environment, 456639 (Digital archive). SDO14739.
Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset L.11 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.
'Cuckoo Pen'
Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.
Cuckoo Pen (NAT)
Mills, A D, 1977, English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset, 21-22 (Monograph). SWX2586.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO10239 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset L.11 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889.
- --- SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456639.
- --- SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- --- SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- --- SWX2586 Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset. Part 1. 21-22.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 97730 85550 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY98NE |
| Civil Parish | Corfe Castle; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 405
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 NE 12
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456639
Record last edited
Oct 30 2025 5:04PM
