Monument record MDO431 - Enclosed field system, Bradford Peverell
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Summary
Slight earthworks and cropmarks of a fragmented Iron Age or Romano-British field system visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Field systems: Taken from Air photos in January-March 1949. <1>
This field system has been almost completely eradicated and only vague and scattered traces remains. Fields centred SY 63569275, SY 63849267, SY 64009276, SY 64159267 and SY 63669162 were under crops. No trace noticed. At SY 64919227 - one curving lynchet 1.2 metres high and the remainder in that field scattered, vaguely rectilinear and average 0.3 metres high.
At SY 64519270 - one straight long lynchet 1.0 metres high.
At SY 64509254 - one short lynchet 1.4 metres high.
At SY 63629242 - An angular lynchet 0.7 metres high.
At SY 63509130 - short vague lynchets forming no pattern.
At SY 63409267 - angular lynchets forming no pattern, spread by
ploughing, but marked by grass colouring. Up to 0.5 metres high.
Elsewhere no trace was found. <2>
The former field system has been destroyed by ploughing, save for a half dozen widespread lynchets, and these have been smoothed. <3>
Slight earthworks and cropmarks of a fragmented Iron Age or Romano-British field system visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs. The former field system has been destroyed by ploughing, save for several widespread lynchets, and these have been smoothed. <4-8>
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SWX1583 Map: Atkinson, R J C. 1949. spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49).
- <2> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 11-SEP-54.
- <3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 23-APR-81.
- <4> SDO11183 Aerial Photograph: 31-OCT-1988. CUCAP (RC8LE135).
- <5> SDO11182 Aerial Photograph: 1997. DCC 31-0509.
- <6> SDO11178 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3137-39.
- <7> SDO11177 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3266-68.
- <8> SDO11156 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2091-94.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453724.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 639 923 (1762m by 2090m) (68 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY69SW |
Civil Parish | Bradford Peverell; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 014 026
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SW 42
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453724
Record last edited
Oct 26 2023 3:18PM