Monument record MDO5849 - Iron Age enclosure at Cock Crow Farm, Moor Crichel

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Summary

Iron Age necked enclosure. Consists of a sub-circular enclosure with an entrance at the south east, outside of which is a funnel-like area formed by ditches.

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ST 984091. A sub-circular ditched enclosure with wide entrance on the south-east is visible at Cock Crow Farm, just west of Ackling Dyke Roman Road, (RR 4c)., The entrance is protected externally by 'autennae' ditches which create a funnelled approach to the enclosure. For similarities in the layout of the enclosure see the Iron Age settlement at Gussage St. Michael (ST 91 SE 24), excavated by Wainwright in 1972. <1> Moor Crichel 9. ST 98490913. Necked enclosure, area 1.6ha. Irregular and incomplete circle with parallel-ditched passage entrance about 40m long and 20m wide SE downhill. Adjacent Roman Road levelled. [Plans of comparable sites]. <3-4>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 25-Jun-1975. OS/75/284 045-6.
  • <2> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. RCH01/091.
  • <3> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp. Moor Crichel 9.
  • <4> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 28, Moor Crichel 9.
  • <4.1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR OAPs ST 9809/2/98 and 99; 9809/3/100-2.
  • <5> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 90 NE 44.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209314.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9848 0913 (point)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Moor Crichel; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 015 012
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 NE 44
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209314
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Moor Crichel 9

Record last edited

May 17 2024 11:21AM

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