Monument record MDO45106 - Possible late prehistoric/Roman field system, Tarrant Monkton

Linear banked and ditched features associated with a possible late prehistoric or Roman field system are visible as cropmarks and earthworks to the northeast of Blandford Camp, Tarrant Monkton, on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are also recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1480979. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A Later Prehistoric and / or Roman field system is visible as soilmarks on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9315 0863 and comprises several linear banks and flanking ditches which appear to form a pattern of conjoined but incomplete rectangular enclosures, which are probably fields. The field system extends over an area that measures a maximum of 350m long by 285m wide and is orientated south-west / north-east. It is of the coaxial form often referred to as a "Celtic" field system. The banks measure a maximum of 10m wide and partially define fields that measure circa 30m wide and are orientated WNW / ESE. <1>

Linear banked and ditched features associated with a possible late prehistoric or Roman field system are visible as cropmarks and earthworks to the northeast of Blandford Camp, Tarrant Monkton, on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery <2, 3>. The features are also recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1480979. They comprise several banked linear boundaries flanked by linear ditches, interlinked to form a series of partial rectilinear enclosures, aligned soputhwest to northeast. At the south western end the features are obscured by/mixed with narrow linear ditches on a north-south alignment that are more likely to form part of a temporary Second World War camp (MDO44876) in this area.
The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<1.1> 10-APR-1980, NMR ST 9308/6 NMR 1744/189-190 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19285.

<2> Professor P J Jones, 01-APR-1966, PJF 11361/ORACLE15 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18696.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1480979 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 26 2023 11:20AM