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| Name: | The Castle, Leigh |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO1341 |
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| Last edited: | Apr 20 2021 11:51AM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
An earthwork consisting of a slight bank with traces of an outer ditch, enclosing around 9 acres. In 1952 the earthworks were described as a very slight bank with occasional traces of an external ditch, and largely destroyed on the south.
Protected Status
- SHINE: Enclosure on Castle Hill comprising a single bank and ditch of probable late prehistoric date.
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SDO17130 - Digital archive: Lock, G, and Ralston, I. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland [ONLINE]. EN3685. |
| <1> | SDO97 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. Volume One (West). 132. |
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