SDO21102 - Blandford Hill Eco Hub, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, Magnetometer Survey

‘Detailed magnetometry was carried out within four areas at Winterborne Whitechurch in Dorset. Three of the fields had been previously subject to partial geophysical survey, and the current survey was only conducted on the remaining areas, together with another field not within the former scheme. The results reveal the presence of two ring ditches within the western part of the site which could relate to prehistoric funerary or ritual monuments. Two partial rectilinear enclosures have also been located along with a number of linear and rectilinear anomalies that relate to former field boundaries associated with an earlier field system. There is also evidence for numerous pit-like features which could relate to former chalk extraction; however, an association with naturally formed solution features cannot be ruled out. ‘