Monument record MDO21563 - Muckleford Higher Barn: field boundaries or spoil heaps

Please read our .

Summary

Three banked features to the south-west of Muckleford Higher Barn are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, possibly fragments of Iron Age/Romano British field system. Alternatively they could be spoil heaps associated with nearby post-medieval chalk pits.

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Three banked features to the south-west of Muckleford Higher Barn are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, possibly fragments of an Iron Age/Romano British field system (MDO431). Alternatively they could be spoil heaps associated with nearby post-medieval chalk pits (MDO21249). {1}

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2091-94.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3137-39.

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6360 9251 (110m by 169m) Centred on
Map sheet SY69SW
Civil Parish Bradford Peverell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Mar 1 2012 5:48AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.