Monument record MDO24204 - Enclosure, Wears Hill, Abbotsbury

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Summary

A rectilinear banked enclosure is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. It is of uncertain date and appears to contain an internal curvilinear enclosure or sub-division.

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A rectilinear banked enclosure (39m by 33m across) is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs at the foot of Wears Hill {1}. It is of uncertain date and appears to contain an internal curvilinear enclosure or sub-division. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3284-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5595 8615 (78m by 72m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 25 2023 12:09PM

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