Monument record MDO32132 - Post medieval enclosure, south west of Holworth, Chaldon Herring

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Summary

A post medieval banked enclosure is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1960s to the north of South Down Farm, south west of Holworth. The enclosure is shown on the 1st edition OS map around a, now demolished, building marked as Higher Barn.

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A post medieval banked enclosure is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1960s to the north of South Down Farm, south west of Holworth. The enclosure is shown on the 1st edition OS map around a, now demolished, building marked as Higher Barn. The enclosure is approximately 35 m square and has an entrance on its eastern side. (1-2) These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-JAN-1962. RAF 58/4878 (F22) 0080-1.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7601 8269 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2014 12:43PM

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