Monument record MDO46412 - Later prehistoric or Roman field system and settlement, Bere Down, Bere Regis

An extensive system of bank and ditched field boundaries is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the vicinity of Bere Down, BereRegis. The features are considered to be later prehistoric or Roman in date and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. The system covers an area of over 78 hectares and continues to the east in MDO46411.

An extensive system of bank and ditched field boundaries is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the vicinity of Bere Down, BereRegis <1-5>. The features are considered to be later prehistoric or Roman in date and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. The system covers an area of over 78 hectares and continues to the east in MDO46411, the possible site of a settlement is located at SY 842 971.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR 2110/1245 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19880.

<3> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3349-51 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19881.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS/80021 V 161-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19664.

<5> Google Earth, 01-JAN-2005, Google Earth 2005 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18557.

Record last edited

Oct 4 2023 3:55PM