Monument record MDO1994 - Later prehistoric enclosures, Piddletrenthide

A complex of conjoined ditched enclosures and field boundaries is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs at the northern end of a modern field to the southeast of Pat's Castle, Piddletrenhide. The features are considered likely to be of later prehistoric date; were digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project and form part of a wider complex of cropmarks in the area.

SY 72959887. Possible enclosure. <1>

SY 727988. Area of complex crop-marks showing parts of at least 4 single-ditched rectangular enclosures and other features including a possible ring-ditch. <2>

Nothing visible on the ground. <3>

A complex of conjoined ditched enclosures and field boundaries is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs at the northern end of a modern field to the southeast of Pat's Castle, Piddletrenhide. The features are considered likely to be of later prehistoric date; were digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project and form part of a wider complex of cropmarks in the area. <5-10>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 331 (Monograph). SDO136.

<2> Boyden, J R, 11-MAR-1973, JRB Flight 65 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20007.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 03-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454776 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> J R Boyden, 11-DEC-1971, JRB 380/3480 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20998.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 05-MAY-1989, OS/89137 V 663 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20975.

<7> J R Boyden, 11-DEC-1971, JRB 380/3482 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20996.

<8> J R Boyden, 13-MAR-1971, JRB 565/4816 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20995.

<9> Historic England Archive, 25-MAY-2017, HEA 33297/045 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20994.

<10> Google Earth, 01/01/2022, Google Earth 2022 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18611.

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Oct 23 2024 10:09AM