<< Our Photo Pages >> Tenants Hill enclosure - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Dorset
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tenants Hill enclosure Alternative Name: Kingston Russell cairnCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bridport Nearest Village: Littlebredy
Map Ref: SY5777688219 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.692077N Longitude: 2.599142W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The enclosure is roughly circular (38m in diameter), with an entrance on the eastern side, a 1.5m high bank and external ditch. [source]
Just to the south of the enclosure is a medieval dew pond which is confusingly labelled as a "hut circle" on the Ordnance Survey maps. It is 10m in diameter and 1m deep, with a surrounding bank about 0.5m high - of similar dimensions to a typical hut circle. An earthen bank connects the entrance of the enclosure to the dew pond.
To the southwest of the enclosure there are traces of a Bronze Age field system, as well as three strip lynchets from medieval farming on the hillslope.
Access The field containing these earthworks is "access land" and under open access rights you can wander as you like. There are no convenient nearby parking places or bus services. Walking from the Bride valley to the north (Long Bredy or Littlebredy) will require a steep climb; walking from the Bishops Road to the south is not so strenuous.
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