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Monument Number 452151
Hob Uid: 452151
Location : Dorset Winterborne Monkton
Grid Ref : SY6665089200
Summary : A penannular earthwork enclosure closely associated with the Lanceborough group of barrows (SY 68 NE 26 and associated monuments) located to the north of Maiden Castle (SY 68 NE 7 and associated monuments). In 1955 the Ordnance Survey described it as a grass-coverred horse-shoe shaped earthwork with an opening 5 metres wide at the eastern end. It featured a spread bank circa 9 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high, enclosing an area 27 metres by 31 metres. At the western end are two rather angular corners. There is no sign of an internal or external ditch. Grinsell regarded it as a possible pond barrow, listing it as his Winterborne Monkton 1a, though he felt that on balance it probably wasn't a barrow at all. RCHME clearly felt it wasn't a barrow, listing it merely as an enclosure. It has, nonetheless, been scheduled as a "fancy barrow". The site has also been described as "hengiform" (Woodward 1991). Some information on this site has been included by Ordnance Survey field investigators in SY 68 NE 26.
More information : Enclosure, horseshoe-shaped (SY 66658920) associated with Lanceborough Group of barrows (SY 68 NE 26). It measures overall about 150 ft. east to west and about 93 ft. north to south. The bank, apparently of chalk rubble, is broken by an entrance on the east. There is no sign of an external ditch but the site has been heavily ploughed. (1) Probably not a barrow, although possibly related to pond barrows. (2) Survives as a ploughed down horse-shoe-shaped bank 9.0m in width and 0.3m in height. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (3) SY 667893. Group of round barrows N of Maiden Castle. Scheduled. (This inclosure is included in the above scheduling description). (4 - 5)

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Source details : Dept. Of Environment - Ancient Monuments of England 2 1978 73
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Hengiform Monument
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Pond Barrow
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 132c
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28392
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 68 NE 94
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-09-12
End Date : 1980-09-12

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 452151