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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: | Nov 25 2021 2:25PM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
An earthwork consisting of a slight bank on average eight metres wide forming an oval enclosure measuring around 310 metres north-south with traces of an outer ditch, and 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. There are two entrances, one on the south-west and one on the north-east, each with a causeway around four metres wide. Interpreted as a medieval wood bank or a late prehistoric non-defensive enclosure.
Protected Status
- SHINE DDO19811: Enclosure on Castle Hill comprising a single bank and ditch of probable late prehistoric date.
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SDO11594 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500. |
| <2> | SDO97 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 132. |
| <3> | SDO17382 - Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1). 22.9.76. |
| <3.1> | SDO17390 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF CPE/UK/1975 2052-3. |
| <4> | SWX3817 - Unpublished document: Phillips, A S. Various. Field Investigators Comments ASP. F1 ASP 11-NOV-77. |
| <5> | SDO17391 - Unpublished document: Bowden, M. Field Investigators Comments Mark Bowden. 2005-11-23. |
| <5.1> | SDO90 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1991. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990. 112. 5-22. |
| <6> | SDO17130 - Digital archive: Lock, G, and Ralston, I. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland [ONLINE]. EN3685. |
| <7> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 198817. |
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