Monument record MDO2102 - Deserted medieval settlement at Friar Waddon, Portesham

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Summary

Friar Waddon was a medieval manor and hamlet but is now only a farm. Fragments of this shrunken hamlet are still visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs.

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Friar Waddon was anciently a manor and hamlet but is now only a farm. At Domesday Friar Waddon was held by the French nunnery of St Mary, Montevilliers {1}. Fragments of this shrunken medieval hamlet are still visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs {2-7}. Remains comprise of banks, ditches, holloways and trackways and were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2. Vol 2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3293-5.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-1-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3295-6.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: NMR SY6485/2 (CCC 11759/5773).
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: 15-2-2005. NMR SY6485/7 (23796/4).
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: 29-7-1997. DCC 2297 0261.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452504.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 642 857 (430m by 508m) (27 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 090 093
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 72
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452504

Record last edited

Jun 27 2022 4:38PM

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