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| Name: | Enclosure at Abbott Street Copse,Pamphill |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO5891 |
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| Last edited: | Aug 23 2024 12:31PM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A banked sub-oval earthwork with a partial outer ditch is visible in Abbott Street Copse on current Lidar imagery. The earthwork comprises a teardrop-shaped banked enclosure approximately 44m long by up to 33m wide. An outer bank approximately 4.8m wide encloses a slightly lower level interior. A partial ditch up to 3.5m wide is visible on the west, south and east sides of the enclosure, which is cut on its north side by a hollow way (MDO41840) of probable medieval date. The southern section of ditch may be incorporated into a second hollow way running off to the SE. NHRE Hob UID 209498 records the enclosure with one source suggesting the earthworks may be the remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
Protected Status
- Conservation Area
- Conservation Area: Pamphill Conservation Area
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SDO12558 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1963. Monuments Threatened or Destroyed. A Select List: 1956-1962. 14. |
| <2> | SDO129 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 53. |
| <3> | SDO17396 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1978. |
| <4> | SDO19353 - Serial: Council for British Archaeology. 1985. Council for British Archaeology Group 12 Newsletter December 1985. |
| <5> | SDO15306 - Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm. |
| <6> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209498. |
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