Monument record MDO2036 - Medieval cultivation remains and a prehistoric field system on Rocket Hill, Portesham

Medieval strip fields at Portesham, overlying traces of 'celtic' field. Recorded by the RCHM as extant earthworks and also visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs.

Medieval strip fields at Portesham, overlying traces of 'celtic' fields. Recorded by the RCHM as a complex of field systems, including strip fields, scarps possibly of celtic fields, a block of rectangular scarped plots, and narrow ridge-and-furrow. A curving footpath marked on OS maps appears on the ground as a hollow-way. <1> Also visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs {2-7} and were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The strip lynchets appear to be part of a larger medieval filed system extending from Portesham to Waddon, incorporating several records (MDO2036-39 & MDO2103). They have been destroyed in part due to extensive post-medieval quarrying and limekiln works along the eastern side. Several 'stones' are marked on the modern OS map at this location, some of which appear to be visible as extant features on aerial photographs {2-3}. They are of uncertain date and function and may or may not bear any relation to this field system complex.

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Jun 30 2020 7:39PM