Monument record MDO25781 - Portesham Hill, curvilinear bank

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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. Its date and function are uncertain. It is adjacent to the site of a neolithic long barrow and may be a feature related to this. Alternatively it could be the remains of a post medieval dew pond.

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A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1-2} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Its date and function are uncertain. It is adjacent to the site of a neolithic long barrow (MDO2040) and may be a feature related to this. Alternatively it could be the remains of an outer bank surrounding a post medieval dew pond.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3299-3300.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 06-12-2006. NMR SY6086/9-13 (24499/16).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 60593 86693 (15m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 24 2010 12:24PM

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