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North Poorton
Dorset, England ยท Atlas EN3715
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3715 (3715)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Dorset
- Historic county
- Dorset
- Parish, community, or townland
- North Poorton
- National Grid reference
- SY 5110 9880
- Latitude
- 50.78730
- Longitude
- -2.69439
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, berm, and unfinished work
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002839
- HER
- Dorset MDO1788
- National record
- record SY 59 NW 3; monument 450760
- Wikidata
- Q31116055
Sources
References
- RCHME 1952. An inventory of the historical monuments in Dorset, Vol 1, West Dorset, 181, London: RCHM