Monument record MDO8369 - Deserted settlement earthworks at Weston, Worth Matravers

Earthworks visible on aerial photographs, possibly associated with a medieval settlement at Weston Farm.

SY 969774. Settlement remains at Weston, over at least 3 acres, lie immediately west of Weston Farm. They include a scarped platform about 1 1/2ft high in a field bounded west and south by the present road; beyond it are five contiguous plots, each 60ft to 90 ft wide and up to 120ft long from north to south, divided from each other by very spread banks up to 15ft wide and 2ft high. There are in addition very faint indications of something similar in form and area east of the farm, and broken remains of uncertain form lie south of the road. (See plan with SY 97 NE 14 which also shows remains of strip fields north of the settlement remains; although these are not described). <2> SY 969773. Weston Farm is derived from `Westeton' first mentioned 1281 and `Westyngton' recorded 1304; known as `Weston-Worth' in 1545-75. <3> The features noted by the RCHM is the field centred SY 96887736 can be more or less identified although they have been smoothed and spread by regular ploughing. The "broken remains" to the south of the road (centred SY 96877729) have been destroyed by the extension to Weston Farm outbuildings. The features to the east of the farmhouse are now difficult to interpret. No survey action, not suitable for inclusion on OS Basic Scale. <5> Earthworks visible on aerial photographs <1> possibly associated with a medieval settlement at Weston Farm. Amorphous features are visible in the field immediately to the north of the Coastguard Station, they were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

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Dec 7 2022 6:52PM