Monument record MDO4354 - Medieval hamlet of Milborne Deverel, Milborne St Andrew

Medieval settlement remains in the form of closes surrounded by low earthwork banks, situated on both sides of the Milborne Brook. The remains of Milborne Deverel.

Settlement Remains (SY 805984) of the former hamlet of Milborne Deverel, lie on both sides of the Milborne Brook immediately S of Deverel Farm. The settlement was probably listed in Domesday Book with Milborne St Andrew; there is no record of its population in any document. Desertion is probably the result of a movement of population from along the Milborne Brook to the modern village astride the Dorchester-Blandford Road. The remains which are very fragmentary, consist of ten rectangular closes on the E of the brook and at least twelve on the W; they are 30yds to 100yds long and 25yds to 40yds wide, and are bounded by banks 1ft to 3ft high. Disturbed areas at the lower ends indicate the sites of former buildings. Other very low banks to the N of Deverel Farm, on the E side of the brook, may be part of the same settlement. <1-2> SY 807987. Deverel Farm. Milborne Deverel or Cary was originally a manor, probably comprising the north half of the present Milborne St Andrew parish. It was held by the family of (de) Deverel in 1261 and by Thomas de Cary in 1340. <3> These settlement remains are visible over an area of approximately 2.0 ha. centred at SY 805985. They are fragmentary and, east of the stream, much ploughed down, but two or three close boundary banks are recognisable. A discontinuous north-south ditch may be relatively modern, as is almost certainly the large pond at SY 80489837. No certain building platforms were recognised. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

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Mar 3 2023 4:33PM