Monument record MDO5213 - Philipston medieval settlement, Winterborne Clenston
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Summary
Extensive settlement earthworks including building platforms and lynchets, formally part of the medieval village of Philpston are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the west of Clenston Farm. They were digitaly plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.
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Full Description
SETTLEMENT REMAINS, 836036, formerly part of the village of Philipston, lie on either side of the Winterborne valley around Clenston Farm at about 300 ft. above sea-level. The remains cover some 11 1/2 acres and fall into three groups. The largest, on the steep valley-side W. of the stream (83550385-83650349), comprises eleven closes running across the contours; they are from 84 yds. to 150 yds. long and from 30 yds. to 33 yds. wide and are bounded by low banks up to 2 1/2 ft. high. The higher parts to the W. are featureless but all the lower parts retain traces of buildings, generally rectangular platforms cut back into the slope. The southernmost close is exceptional; it is 50 yds. wide and below the double scarps which separate the upper from the lower part are two raised platforms, 1 1/2 ft. to 2 1/2 ft. high. On the opposite side of the stream, due S. of Clenston Farm (83700360), another area of land appears to have contained similar closes and house-sites, but the remains are very disturbed. N. of Clenston Farm (83710378) are the remains of a single long close with a rectangular platform at its lower, W. end. (Destroyed, 1966.)
Strip fields that were probably associated with the settlement remain in two places, on either side of the Winterborne valley, around Clenston Farm: in a dry valley N.E. of the farmhouse (838038-844040) are fragmentary strip lynchets; S.W. of the farmhouse (835034) are two end-on furlongs of contour strip lynchets. <1>.
The extensive settlement earthworks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery <8-9> to the west of Clenston Farm. They were digitaly plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SDO136 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 297.
- <2> SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 80 SW 13.
- <3> SDO16386 Index: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1994. Medieval Village Research Group Index. PRN 441.
- <4> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 881780.
- <5> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/05747.
- <6> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. RCH01/096.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205742.
- <8> SDO19774 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1089.
- <9> SDO18034 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ST 837 036 (831m by 661m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST80SW |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne Clenston; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 068 007
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SW 13
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205742
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Clenston 7
Record last edited
Apr 25 2023 6:32PM