Monument record MDO2557 - Cross dyke in Jackman's Plantation, Stratton

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Summary

A linear earthwork crossing a ridge and consisting of a ditch with a bank on the south-west side. In 1952 the best-preserved part of the ditch was reported as 13 feet wide and 1¾ feet deep, and the bank about 11 feet wide and one foot high. The remains of an apparent bank on the north-east side are thought to be later.

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 229.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6504 9596 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY69NE
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 108 020
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NW 39

Record last edited

Nov 29 2019 4:34PM

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