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Section of Battery Bank on Binnegar Plain is a surviving earthwork section of a Civil War period defensive bank located in Dorset. The monument consists of a linear defensive bank dating to the seventeenth century, representing the fortifications constructed during the English Civil War. Its location on Binnegar Plain, north-east of Stokeford Farm, reflects the strategic military geography of the period in this region. The earthwork survives as a substantial bank that demonstrates the scale and character of Civil War entrenchments constructed in Dorset during the 1640s.
Section of Battery Bank on Binnegar Plain, 830m north east of Stokeford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018189. View the official record →
Section of Battery Bank on Binnegar Plain is a surviving earthwork section of a Civil War period defensive bank located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018189.
Section of Battery Bank on Binnegar Plain, 830m north east of Stokeford Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018189.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (6.5 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (6.6 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (7.3 km).
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