Monument record MDO2516 - Prehistoric ditch, Stinsford

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Summary

A ditch recorded during work on the Eagle Lodge to Forston Trunk Main in 1984. The ditch was U-shaped in section and at least 6 metres wide and 1.5 metres 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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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 115-116.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7005 9158 (point)
Map sheet SY79SW
Civil Parish Stinsford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 105 035

Record last edited

Apr 8 2013 5:39PM

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