Monument record MDO20901 - Forty Acre Plantation: field system

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Summary

A Celtic field system is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the south of Forty Acre Plantation.

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A bank and ditched Celtic field system is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the south of Forty Acre Plantation. A coherant system of roughly square fields are visible which are on average 65m across. The site is of later prehistoric origin. {1-4}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 29-OCT-1997. NMR SY6691 9-10 (15846/10-11).
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 03-OCT-1971. NMR SY6691/5 (366/0604).
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 08-JUL-1976. NMR SY6691/8/7 (JRB 3303).
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 22-MAY-1969. NMR OS/69154 026-7.

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Grid reference Centred SY 66678 91624 (670m by 387m) (25 map features)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Bradford Peverell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 14 2017 12:24PM

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