Monument record MDO46863 - Enclosure on Cheselbourne West Down, Cheselbourne

A curvilinear enclosure with associated pits is visible as cropmark on aerial photographs within the field system described in record MDO48869. It is 26m across and appears to abut (or is overlain by) one of the celtic field boundaries. It is possibly the site of a plough-levelled round barrow, or a D shaped enclosure contempory with the field system. It is visible as cropmarks on aerial photogaphs and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valley Aim project.

SY 744987. Enclosure surrounded by Celtic field system. <1>

SY 74499884. Probable Iron Age/Romano-British, D-shaped enclosure on Cheselbourne West Down is comparable in size, shape and apparent situation with the enclosure (SY 69 NE 12) in Nether Cerne. <2>

Nothing visible on the ground. <3>

A curvilinear enclosure with associated pits is visible as cropmark on aerial photographs within the field system described in record MDO48869. It is 26m across and appears to abut (or is overlain by) one of the celtic field boundaries. It is possibly the site of a plough-levelled round barrow, or a D shaped enclosure contempory with the field system. It is visible as cropmarks on aerial photogaphs and was recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valley Aim project. <5-6>

<1> Boyden, J R, 11-MAR-1973, JRB Flight 65, 9 and 10b (Aerial Photograph). SDO20007.

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

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 07-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454799 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> J R Boyden, 17-APR-1947, JRB 576/10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20997.

<6> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 RP 3082 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20970.

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Oct 22 2024 11:06AM