Monument record MDO39780 - Prehistoric enclosure, Ironmongers Copse, Edmondsham

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Summary

A large oval banked enclosure is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Ironmongers Copse. It is 194m by 122m in size with traces of an outer ditch along its northern edge. It is potentially of prehistoric origin and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A large oval banked enclosure is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Ironmongers Copse. It is 194m by 122m in size with traces of an outer ditch along it's northern edge (1) . It is potentially of prehistoric origin and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The south eastern half of the site is still extant under trees whereas the northwestern half is under regular ploughing (2-3).

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. 2002. Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph.

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Grid reference SU 0771 0964 (point) (10 map features)
Map sheet SU00NE
Civil Parish Edmondsham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 15 2019 11:52AM

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