Monument record MDO50164 - Undated enclosure, Hilton Hill, Hilton

Fragments of an enclosure are marked on the OS 1st edition map on the eastern edge of Hilton Hill. The enclosure is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and is potentially of prehistoric origin being in close proximity to the field system described in MDO50163 although a later date is possible. The enclosure was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project, it is 80m across and potentially defensive having an external (down-slope) ditch with inner bank.

Fragments of an enclosure are marked on the OS 1st edition map on the eastern edge of Hilton Hill. The enclosure is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and is potentially of prehistoric origin being in close proximity to the field system described in MDO50163. The enclosure was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project, it is 80m across and potentially defensive having an external (down-slope) ditch with inner bank.
(EA 2023).

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Jan 31 2026 6:14PM