Monument record MDO44059 - Post medieval tree enclosure rings, Badbury Rings, Shapwick

Three concentric post medieval tree enclosure rings within Badbury Rings forming the prominent fir copse of Badbury Clump. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

RCHME Survey recorded at least three concentric banks with external ditches crowning the summit of the interior of Badbury Rings hillfort (ST 90 SE 45). The banks, averaging 2m in width and up to 0.8m high, with ditches up to 0.4m deep, are interpreted as tree enclosure rings, possibly originally surmounted by a hedge, designed to protect an ornamental tree clump from damage by animals. Such a clump has been in existance at Badbury Rings since at least 1742 (1a), presumably planted as a landscaping feature associated with Kingston Lacy House, which is just visible from the summit some 2km to the SE. A full Field Survey report is available from NMR Archives. <1> Three concentric post medieval tree enclosure rings within Badbury Rings containing the prominent fir copse of Badbury Clump. The outer enclosure is 115m across, the middle, 90m, and the inner 70m. They were digitally plotted from aerial photographs and lidar imagery <7-8> and were recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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Feb 6 2023 7:10PM