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Latitude: 51.0052 / 51°0'18"N
Longitude: -2.1972 / 2°11'49"W
OS Eastings: 386262
OS Northings: 122882
OS Grid: ST862228
Mapcode National: GBR 1XH.WWV
Mapcode Global: FRA 668G.CTV
Plus Code: 9C3V2R43+34
Entry Name: Park Wall
Listing Date: 20 June 1952
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1108773
English Heritage Legacy ID: 102016
Also known as: Abbey precinct wall on Gold Hill
ID on this website: 101108773
Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Shaftesbury
Built-Up Area: Shaftesbury
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Shaftesbury St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Wall Retaining wall
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1615 GOLD HILL
(West Side)
Park Wall
ST 8622 2/39 20.6.52.
I
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Bounding Gold Hill on its West side. Originally the boundary wall to the
Abbey precincts at their South East corner. It is built on an outcrop
of rock and forms a retaining wall to the steep open strip known as "Park".
It is of stone ashlar with large buttresses of various dates, some battered,
some with offsets. Near its lower end is a blocked opening with segmental
head. [See RCHM]. Scheduled AM.
Listing NGR: ST8622422826
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