An extensive enclosed field system of later prehistoric or Roman date is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery on Shillingstone Hill, Shillingstone. It covers an area of 126 hectares and is part of a much wider field system which runs from Shillingstone to Bryanston parishes. The system was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.
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'Celtic Field group' 58 on Shillingston Hill.
An extensive enclosed field system of later prehistoric or Roman date is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery on Shillingstone Hill, Shillingstone (1). It covers an area of 126 hectares and is part of a much wider field system which runs from Shillingstone to Bryanston parishes. The system was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.
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<1> SDO136
Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 340.
Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 046 029
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 NW 7
Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Ancient Field Group 58
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Oct 4 2023 2:07PM
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