Monument record MDO24090 - Down Cottage, field system and settlement, Long Bredy

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Summary

A series of enclosures and field boundaries of uncertain (prehistoric or medieval) origin, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

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A series of banked enclosures and field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1-2} along the south side of the small combe which runs north-westward from Down Cottage. The features which are of uncertain (prehistoric or medieval) origin were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 01-FEB-1968. MAL 6804 049-50.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3304-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5717 8747 (546m by 433m) (20 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Long Bredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2023 2:17PM

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