Monument record MDO31142 - Undated enclosure, Creech Bottom, Arne

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Summary

A small sub-circular banked enclosure (15m across) is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the south of the railway, west of Creech Bottom. It is of uncertain date and function.

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A small sub-circular banked enclosure (15m across) is visible as earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the south of the railway, west of Creech Bottom (1-2). It is of uncertain date and function. The site has been plough-levelled and is no longer visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4413-4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4411-2.

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Location

Grid reference SY 91656 84709 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 16 2014 12:31PM

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