Monument record MDO5662 - Double banjo enclosure, Gussage St Michael

A pair of banjo enclosures visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, part of an extensive complex of enclosures and linear features across Gussage Hill. These two enclosures face east.

A pair of banjo enclosures and associated features visible as cropmarks, part of an extensive complex of enclosures, linears and fields spread across Gussage Hill (see ST 91 SE 3 and associated monuments). Resembling the banjo enclosure complex a little to the northwest (ST 91 SE 135), the main features are a pair of banjo enclosures, each facing due east, their funnel-like approaches each being linked by a ditch running north-south. A further ditch runs southwards from the southern entrance ditch of the southernmost enclosure before turning west and then north, round behind the banjo enclosures in a manner reminiscent of the ditches associated with the more northwesterly pair, effecively forming an enclosure behind them. Linear ST 91 SE 212, running northwest-southeast across Gussage Hill, appears to change direction as it approaches this complex, turning south towards a further enclosure ST 91 SE 214. NB these features were originally described as part of ST 91 SE 3. That record should be consulted for additional sources and further information.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 24 (Monograph). SDO129.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1988, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1987, 133-134 (Serial). SDO87.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, Area Plan 2 (Monograph). SWX800.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 27 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1307217 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 23 2023 10:21AM