Monument record MDO43808 - Possible Iron Age/Roman settlement and field system, southwest of Brixey's Farm, Tarrant Hinton

A series of conjoined ditched enclosures and additional ditched and banked linear features to the southwest of Brixey's Farm, Tarrant Hinton are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are likely to be an area of settlement of possible Iron Age/Roman date, associated with a contemporary field system. The features may be associated with further enclosures and a trackway to the south (MDO43809). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

A possible Iron Age and / or Roman settlement site is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9354 1074 and comprises a group of at least five conjoined rectilinear enclosures, which are defined by linear ditches measuring up to 3m wide. The site extends roughly south-west / north-east for 115m and measures circa 35m wide. The rectilinear enclosures each measure between 15m and 26m wide.

The western most enclosures contain probably domestic storage or rubbish pits and a probable hut circle at ST 9353 1072. The enclosures could perhaps be a multi-phase Iron Age and / or Roman settlement. They cross or are crossed by a linear bank that probably forms part of a "Celtic" field system (see ST 91 SW 128 / UID: 1481255) although the actual chronological relationship is not clear on the aerial photographs. <1,3>

A series of conjoined ditched enclosures and additional ditched and banked linear features to the southwest of Brixey's Farm, Tarrant Hinton are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <2>. The features comprise at least three conjoined sub-rectangular enclosures averaging c35m long by 27m wide, with a group of possible pits to the southeast. A linear banked feature cuts through the group, aligned along one of the enclosure boundaries. Additional ditched linears on a broadly southeast to northwest axis are also viaible. The features are likely to be an area of settlement of possible Iron Age/Roman date, associated with a contemporary field system and trackways. The features may be associated with further enclosures and a trackway to the south (MDO43809). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR ST 9310/14-15 NMR 2110/1118-1119 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19211.

<2> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR 2110/1118 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18044.

<3> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR ST 9310/17 NMR 2110/1121 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19212.

<4> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481260 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 23 2023 3:07PM