Monument record MDO5965 - Field system, Pentridge
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Summary
Remains of a later prehistoric or Roman field system across Pentridge Hill and Pentridge Down. Recorded by RCHME as a series of lynchets and banks surviving up to 2.7 metres in height, they appear in places to be related to the hillfort on Penbury Knoll (MDO5940), and form part of a wider complex of fields scattered across the chalk downs in the northeastern part of Dorset.
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(Name - SU 041174) Field System (NR). <3>
(Centred SU 043176) Field system plotted from air photographs. <1>
Typical Iron Age/Romano-British field system on the western slope of a ridge. Strong well-defined lynchets and field banks, up to 2.7 metres high, occur in the areas SU 039174 and SU 043178, and further lynchets are visible in a fir plantation at SU 049181. <2>
Part of a group of 'Celtic' fields covering the chalklands in the north east of the county and surviving best on the steeper slopes, such as those west and north west of Penbury Knoll, where they appear almost to join the hillfort (SU 01 NW 55); [ie MDO5940]. A round barrow (SU 01 NW 51) [ie MDO5949] lies in the middle of one of the fields, but it is not clear whether it was built before or after the field was laid out. <4>
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SWX1667 Map: Atkinson, R J C. Annotated Record Map Private 6 Sheet (R J C Atkinson Undated). Corr 6" (R J C Atkinson 1.5.49) 2.
- <2> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 27-MAY-54.
- <3> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <4> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 118-9 [Group 85].
- <5> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. Object Number: RCH01/091..
- <6> SWX800 Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp.
- <7> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. Object Number: 884334..
- <8> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213553.
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Location
| Grid reference | SU 038 174 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU01NW |
| Civil Parish | Cranborne; Dorset |
| Civil Parish | Pentridge; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 017 041
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 52
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213553
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Celtic Field Group 85
Record last edited
Nov 29 2022 1:50PM
