Monument record MDO42840 - Possible Iron Age, Romano-British enclosure, Hogg Cliff Hill, Frampton

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Summary

A possible sub-rectangular ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on a 1969 aerial photographs in the area of Hogg Cliff Hill, Frampton. The feature is situated within an Iron Age enclosed settlement (MDO1588) and may be associated but it might alternatively be of natural geological origin. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Full Description

A possible sub-rectangular ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on a 1969 aerial photographs in the area of Hogg Cliff Hill, Frampton (1). The feature measures approximately 38m by 36m and is situated within and close to the north side of an Iron Age enclosed settlement (MDO1588) and may be associated but it might alternatively be of natural geological origin, or possibly a post medieval extractive feature. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-69, OS69114/049 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16848.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 18-APR-69. OS69114/049.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6247 9668 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Frampton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 11 2020 4:17PM

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