Monument record MWX665 - Cuckoo Pen, Corfe Castle

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Summary

A mound of uncertain date and functiion, and appearing to be associated with the name Cuckoo Pen.

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Cuckoo Pen (depicted on OS 6 at SY 977855 as an oval mound) is usually a jocular (field) name alluding to the folk-tale of penning the cuckoo to prevent the passing of summer, but possibly the allusion is to cuckolding. <2>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <2> Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset. Part 1. 21-22.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456639.

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Location

Grid reference SY 97730 85550 (point)
Map sheet SY98NE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 405
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 NE 12
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456639

Record last edited

Sep 15 2023 11:25AM

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