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Name:Medieval settlement, The Leaze, Wimborne Minster
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO6243
Last edited:Jul 19 2024 3:29PM

Location:Wimborne Minster; Dorset
Grid Reference:SZ 007 998
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Monument Type(s):

  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOWN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

A sector of the medieval town, abandoned in the fourteenth century. The earthworks are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO 678: The Leaze medieval site

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO61 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1962. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1961. 83. 89.
<2>SDO12558 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1963. Monuments Threatened or Destroyed. A Select List: 1956-1962. 15.
<3>SDO19374 - Verbal communication: Field, N H. Oral: Letter from Norman Field. 10 December 1964.
<4>SDO20763 - Article in serial: Field, N H. 1973. The Leaze, Wimborne an excavation in a deserted medieval quarter of the town. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 94. 49-62.
<5>SDO129 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 91-92.
<6>SWX1687 - Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 84.
<7>SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 10-JUL-81.
<8>SDO11588 - Unpublished document: Whelan, J. 2004. An Archaeological Investigation at The Leaze, Wimborne Minster, Dorset (Scheduled Monument No.678).
<9>SDO16409 - Unpublished document: Brace, D. 2019. 14 King Street, Wimborne, Dorset. Results of archaeological evaluation.
<10>SDO15997 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4155-6.
<11>SDO15442 - Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
<12>SDO10239 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
<13>SDO18032 - Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/091 RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East).
<14>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458043.

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