Monument record MDO24549 - Poxwell, uncertain enclosure

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Summary

A rectilinear ditched enclosure of uncertain origin is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the north of Pixon Barn, Poxwell. It is possibly associated with a Romano-British settlement excavated by Wacher in 1968.

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A rectilinear ditched enclosure of uncertain origin is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the north of Pixon Barn, Poxwell {1}. The enclosure is 81m by 51m in size and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. It is possibly associated with a Romano-British settlement excavated by Wacher in 1968 {2}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 13-MAR-1971. NMR SY 7384/2-3 (565/4828-9).
  • <2> Serial: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 1969. Journal of Roman Studies 59. Vol 59. 228-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 73542 84002 (105m by 71m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Civil Parish Poxwell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2012 12:03PM

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