Monument record MDO24165 - Gorwell Farm, enclosures

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Summary

A group of three conjoined rectilinear bank and ditched enclosures are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north-west of Gorwell Farm.

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A group of three conjoined rectilinear bank and ditched enclosures are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north-west of Gorwell Farm {1-3}. They are of uncertain date and may be later Iron Age, Roman or medieval in origin. The site which is likely to be contemporary with the enclosure described in MDO24164, was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-MAY-1942. RAF HLA/521 1PRU F/14 6 43-4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 01-FEB-1968. MAL 6804 049-50.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3304-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5714 8738 (305m by 189m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Long Bredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 10:16AM

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