Monument record MDO6001 - Enclosure west of New Barn Farm, Shapwick

Approximately rectangular enclosure measuring c110 ft by 90 ft. and probably of Iron Age or Roman date. There may be an entrance the north side. There are also a number of discontinuous ditches to the south and south west of the enclosure, which do not appear to form a coherent pattern. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these sources by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

ST 95270153. Enclosure, probably prehistoric or RB. Appears as a soil mark on AP., lying 120ft above OD on a SW slope 500 yards west of New Barn Farm. It is roughly rectangular and measures 110ft by 90ft and a possible entrance occurs on the north side. Air photos reveal a number of former ditches on the undulating land which slopes down to the River Stour, S and SW of Badbury Rings. The ditches appear as crop and soil marks in broken lines which occasionally intersect but nowhere do they form a coherent pattern. <1> The enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs where the feature appears to comprise a partial sub-rectilinear enclosure approximately 43.6m long by 37.8m wide and with a gap/entrance at its southwest corner <2>. It digitally plotted from these sources by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Feb 8 2023 4:15PM