Monument record MDO4396 - Enclosure, Milborne St Andrew

A bank and ditch forming an oval enclosure measuring approximately 48 metres by 37 metres, with a possible entrance on the south side. The site is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

At SY 81449660, an oval cropmark of an enclosure, approximately 48 by 37 metres overall, formed by a bank and outer ditch, is visible on air photographs. <1>

At SY 81449660 on a gentle north-east slope,is a much ploughed down enclosure measuring approximately 40.0 by 30.0 metres overall and an irregular oval in plan. No ditch can be seen on the ground and the spread of the bank (max. height 0.4 metres on the downhill side) has resulted in the interior having a slightly 'dished' appearance. There is the suggestion of a possible entrance on the south where the scarp is minimal. No date or purpose can be ascribed to the earthwork, which may be that listed by Warne and described as 'obliterated'. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <2>

The site is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery <4> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-JAN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1.1> 5-SEP-79, OS/79/110/118-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19606.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 20-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2.1> Warne, C, 1872, Ancient Dorset (2nd Edition), 335 5 (Monograph). SWX1971.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456100 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 7:30PM