Monument record MDO1009 - Late prehistoric enclosure, Dewlish

Faint crop marks seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1973, and interpreted as possible enclosure ditches. Cropmarks of an incomplete later prehistoric or Roman rectilinear enclosure located at SY 7750 9740 with irregular sides, curved corners and a narrow entrance to the NW. This is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

Area SY 775974. Faint crop-marks suggestive of enclosure ditches. <1>

Cropmarks of an incomplete later prehistoric or Roman rectilinear enclosure located at SY 7750 9740 with irregular sides, curved corners and a narrow entrance to the NW. separate linear ditch can be seen extending NW from the western corner, to the edge of the modern field. To the east of the enclosure are the faint traces of linear ditches which may be an associated field system extending across the field in which the enclosure sits. These features are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme. <2>

The cropmark enclosure was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project, it is associated with a scatter of pits and field boundaries. <4>

<1> Boyden, J R, 11-MAR-1973, JRB Flight 65 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20007.

<2> Historic England, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29577_039 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20153.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454586 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> Historic England Archive, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29577/050 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20869.

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Aug 12 2024 7:31PM