MONUMENT NO. 209498

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Earthwork remains of a possible Motte-and-Bailey. The enclosure is oval in plan and 100 feet east to west and 75 feet north to south. It is bounded by a low bank up to 15 feet across and up to 2 feet high with a ditch 12 feet across and 2 feet deep outside it.

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(ST 98500065) Earthwork (NR). (1)

ENCLOSURE 98500065, in Abbot Street Copse, lies on a spur of the Reading Beds about 125 ft. above O.D. It is roughly oval in plan, 100 ft. across from E. to W. and 75 ft. from N.to S. It is bounded by a low bank up to 15 ft. across and rarely more than 2 ft. high, with a ditch 12 ft. across and 2 ft. deep outside it. There is no obvious entrance and the interior is featureless. The enclosure lies in the fork between two hollow-ways, probably later than itself.
(See ST 90 SE 14). (2)

Scrub clearance in Abbot Street Copse has led to the discovery of an earthwork which could be the remains of a motte-and-bailey. [This is apparently the same earthwork as that descirbed by, auth. 1). (3)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10 000 1978

( 2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1975 An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume five : east Dorset

1975 Page(s)53

( 3) Council for British Archaeology Group 12: Newsletter

(Hall T and Peem R). 12 - 1985 Page(s)13

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