Monument record MDO45144 - Banjo enclosure and circular enclosure, Sixpenny Handley
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Summary
Banjo enclosure visible as cropmarks on air photographs. Irregularly shaped, the enclosure is circa 90 metres across at its greatest extent, and features an entrance on the southeast, the approach to it flanked by side ditches which extend for around 40 metres before curving away, one to the south and southeast, the other to the north and northwest. The latter follows a sinuous course before curving to accommodate a small roughly circular enclosure circa 30 metres in diameter. Both the main enclosure and the smaller enclosure feature pits visible as cropmarks.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
ST 982168. The crop mark of a 'Banjo' enclosure is visible on air photographs of July 1970. It consists of an irregular shaped area, perhaps 90m across, defined by a ditch turning sharply outward on either side of an entrance to form a short 'approach lane'. The ditch swings away to left and right following an irregular curving course for a few hundred metres.
On one side the perimeter ditch seems to embrace another smaller enclosure. <1>
'Banjo' enclosure, are 0.6ha. AP suggests complex phases at NE, where also pits and smears outside 'banjo'; linear [ST 91 NE 74] apparently unconnected on W. <3-4>
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO17970 Serial: VARIOUS. Antiquity. Volume 46, 1972, page 225.
- <2> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 69, Sixpenny Handley 20.
- <3> SWX800 Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp. 93, Sixpenny Handley 20.
- <4> SDO14864 Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 29, Sixpenny Handley 20.
- <4.1> SDO19091 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. CUCAP VAP RC8 BH7. RCH01/091.
- <5>XY SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209817. [Mapped feature: #634593 ]
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 9820 1680 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST91NE |
| Civil Parish | Sixpenny Handley; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 91 NE 56
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209817
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Sixpenny Handley 20
Record last edited
Dec 20 2022 12:14PM
