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The Battery Bank is a series of linear earthworks which extend discontinuously over about 3.5 miles along the plateau dividing the rivers Piddle and Frome in Dorset. Although not firmly dated, the monument is likely to be of Romano-British or Dark Age date; and given the wide gaps in its alignment, demarcation is perhaps a more likely interpretation for the bank, than stock control or defence. The section on the Great Planation includes a bank composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum dimensions of 615ft in length, 18-22ft in width and about 2ft in height. To the north-east of the bank is a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This section of the monument is within the council area of Dorset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015347.

Place Type: Early Mediæval Monument
Historic County: Dorset
Lat, Long: 50.696752,-2.2021903
Grid Reference: SY 8581 8858
Civil Parish: East Stoke CP
Council Area: Dorset CA
Police Area: Dorset PA

GBPN ID: 299793
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Battery_Bank,_Dorset_299793

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