Monument record MDO11 - Abbotsbury Abbey; precinct boundary bank

An earthwork bank and ditch continuing the line southwards of a N-S aligned wall, partly built of ashlar and though to mark the eastern boundary of the abbey precinct. The bank returns to the west at its southern end to the south of the abbey tithe barn.

An earthwork bank and ditch continuing the line southwards of a N-S aligned wall, partly built of ashlar and thought to mark the eastern boundary of the abbey precinct. The bank returns to the west at its southern end to the south of the abbey tithe barn.

The western boundary of the abbey precinct is thought to be represented by a rubble wall on the east side of Chapel Lane and Rope Walk. <1>

At some point the earthwork bank and ditch were observed in the field by Laurence Keen and Mark Simons of Dorset County Council. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 7 (Monograph). SDO97.

'…a substantial rubble wall on the east side of Chapel Lane and Rope Walk; this wall returns eastward at the northern end of the large meadow (Broad Garden) forming the western part of the site. Within this meadow is a berm, perhaps representing a former road or trackway'.

<2> DCC SMR, to 2003, Former DCC SMR Card Index, 1 001 003 K (Index). SWX8285.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 2:40PM