Monument record MDO42923 - Iron Age/Romano-British field system, Magiston Hill, Godmanstone
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Summary
A series of linear banks and ditches are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery on the east side of Magiston Hill, Godmanstone. The features are part of an extensive Iron Age/Romano-British field system (NRHE Hob UID 453134). They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
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Full Description
(Centred SY 645976) Field system plotted from air photographs (not cited) 1949. <1>
Pronounced lynchets and field banks forming Iron Age/Romano-British-type enclosures are visible at SY 644976. Similar, but not so well pronounced, lynchets and field banks are also visible at SY 643972. Faintly defined on air photographs. <2>
Reduced by ploughing to smoothed lynchets some 10m wide and at best, 0.4m high. <3>
A possible settlement represented by 3 circular hollows or embanked areas is located 300yds NW of Bunker Barn (SY 645975 approx). <4>
A series of linear banks and ditches are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs <5-9> and current Lidar imagery <10> on the east side of Magiston Hill, Godmanstone. The features are part of an extensive Iron Age/Romano-British field system (NRHE Hob UID 453134). They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
Many of the features are still visible as cropmarks on current Google Earth imagery.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1583 Map: Atkinson, R J C. 1949. spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49).
- <2> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 02-FEB-55.
- <3> SDO14743 Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 24-FEB-81.
- <4> SDO19982 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Godmanstone file).
- <5> SDO16870 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1376-7.
- <6> SDO16881 Aerial Photograph: John Boyden. JAN 69. SY6499/3 (JRB108/20).
- <7> SDO16880 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-OCT-71. RAF/39/3812 V 0215-6.
- <8> SDO16869 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 05-sept-79. OS79110/089 V.
- <9> SDO16879 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 06-OCT-00. SY6497/10 (NMR18919/24).
- <10> SDO16524 Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453134.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6450 9745 (point) (930 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69NW |
| Civil Parish | Godmanstone; Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 050 010
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NW 26
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453134
Record last edited
Feb 26 2024 2:26PM