Monument record MDO2796 - Iron Age or Roman field system, Hill Barn,Tolpuddle

Two small ditches or gullies recorded in 1997 during archaeological evaluation of a borrow pit for the A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown by-pass. No datable finds were recovered from either feature, but their form and alignment suggest they may be part of a late prehistoric or Romano-British field system recorded in the area.

<1> Birbeck, V, 1997, A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass, Dorset. Hill Barn Borrow Pit, Near Tolpuddle. Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO14160.

‘Two small ditches or gullies, both undated, were located in the north-west area and sample excavated. … The two linear features identified may conceivably represent the truncated remains of a prehistoric or Romano-British field system across the more level plateau in the north-west of the application area.’

<2> Birbeck, V, 1998, A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass, Dorset. Proposed Borrow Pit at Hill Barn, near Tolpuddle. Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO14326.

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