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Old Warren

Dorset, England ยท Atlas EN3614

Location

Atlas number
EN3614 (3614)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Dorset
Historic county
Dorset
Parish, community, or townland
Littlebredy
National Grid reference
SY58428850
Latitude
50.69475
Longitude
-2.59012
Altitude
178 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and unfinished work

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
scrub or bracken and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); 1st Identified Written Reference (801-1000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002749
HER
Dorset MDO1364
National record
record SY 58 NE
Wikidata
Q31116045

Sources

References

  1. RCHME 1952. An inventory of the historical monuments in Dorset, Vol 1, West Dorset, 38, London: RCHM.