Monument record MDO5106 - Cross dyke, Tarrant Monkton

Some two hundred metres of linear earthwork aligned WNW - ESE on the south west edge of Blandford Camp. The RCHME record this as a low bank some 12 feet across and 1.5 feet high with a corresponding ditch 12 feet wide and 2 feet deep on its north side. Most likely to be prehistoric, and probably Iron Age in date. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The feature is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

Some two hundred metres of linear earthwork aligned WNW - ESE on the south west edge of Blandford Camp. The RCHME record this as a low bank some 12 feet across and 1.5 feet high with a corresponding ditch 12 feet wide and 2 feet deep on its north side. Most likely to be prehistoric, and probably Iron Age in date. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The feature is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on Environment Agency lidar imagery [3, 4]. An aerial photograph dated 1948 shows the earthwork comprising of outer banks and an inner ditch, just over 215m in length [3]. Two faint linear cropmarks in a field to the west of these may indicate a continuation of the earthwork but lidar imagery suggests this may now be completely ploughd out [4]. Lidar imagery also indicates the potential survival of the outer banks at the eastern end of the feature, but evaluation has suggested only the inner ditch survives to any great extent (see MDO42773). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

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Sep 29 2022 2:12PM