A ditch recorded during work on the Eagle Lodge to Forston Trunk Main in 1984. The ditch was U-shaped in section and around 3 metres wide and 1 metre deep, cut into chalk on an eroded slope and sealed by later deposits. No dating material was found but the archaeologists who recorded this feature felt it was of probable prehistoric date, and an enclosure or property boundary.
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SY 6978 9163. A ditch at least 6.0m wide and 1.5m deep with shallow sloping sides was cut by a water trunk main. No dateable material was recovered, which may indicate that it was a prehistoric enclosure or property boundary. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
<1> SDO84
Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 115-116.
<2> SDO14739
Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 868666.
Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 105 034
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SE 198
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 868666
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Nov 8 2023 3:00PM
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