Monument record MDO5322 - Medieval settlement of Whatcombe, Winterborne Whitechurch

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 312 (Monograph). SDO136.

(16) Settlement remains (837018), formerly part of the hamlet of Whatcombe, lie W. of Whatcombe Farm at the junction of a broad tributary valley with the valley of the Winterborne brook. The settlement is probably one of the Winterbornes recorded in Domesday Book, but Eyton’s identification may be no more than a guess. Eleven taxpayers were recorded in 1333 and ten householders in 1662 (Meekings, 78); the population today is approximately the same. The date of desertion of the remains is unknown. The earthworks comprise at least six rectangular closes, each about 30 yds. by 25 yds.; they are bounded by low banks, and lie between the present road and the strip fields (18) on the W. All the closes are disturbed by later quarrying but a number of possible building platforms may be identified within them. Other closes, very much disturbed, possibly lay immediately S. of Whatcombe Farm. (Destroyed 1966).

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205804 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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