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Name:Prehistoric enclosure on Croft's Down, Sydling St Nicholas
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO2594
Last edited:May 11 2021 1:53PM

Location:Sydling St Nicholas; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 632 017
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Monument Type(s):


Summary

A sub-circular banked feature is visible as an indistinct and faint earthwork on a 1945 aerial photograph. It may be the prehistoric enclosure recorded at this location and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Medieval field system. Lynchets visible as earthworks. Overlying prehistoric field system and settlement.

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO97 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. Volume One (West). 234.
<2>SDO17063 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 15-APR-45. RAF/106G/LA/218 FP 1038.

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