Monument record MDO8325 - Medieval settlement earthworks, Shilling Plot, Closes, Winfrith Newburgh

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Summary

Fragments of a bank and ditched field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The features are considered to be associated with a medieval settlement site.

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Fragments of a bank and ditched field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1). The features are considered to be associated with a medieval settlement site, they were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6422-3.
  • <2> Monograph: Keen, L and Carreck, A ed. 1987 . Historic landscape of Weld: the Weld Estate Dorset.. Survey no 270.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8151 8539 (222m by 341m) (11 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 026 071

Record last edited

Aug 2 2018 3:27PM

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