Monument record MDO46929 - Prehistoric settlement, Black Down, Littlebredy

(SY60068795) Several shallow scoops (see plan) on the NW slope of Black Down recall those at the Iron Age Settlement on Knowle Hill (SY 98 SW 13). <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 625 (Monograph). SDO150.

'Ancient Field Group (3) in Little Bredy and Winterbourne Steepleton … (iii) Black Down. The ground above 600 ft. was apparently not much ploughed in the 'Celtic' field phase, but is greatly disturbed. At (g) a bank appears to run N.N.E. among deepcut hollow-ways while a slighter bank runs N.W. at right angles to it. 100 yds. farther S. a terrace-way runs approximately N. to S. for 150 yds. above well-developed 'Celtic' fields. On the N. edge of Black Down a dyke (Winterbourne Steepleton (66)) runs W. across the parish boundary with Little Bredy into the head of a small combe where it turns S. and ends abruptly below a field angle. Several shallow scoops (h) on the slope N.W. of this recall those at the Iron Age settlement on Knowle Hill (see Settlements, Church Knowle (54)). 'Celtic' fields run up to the dyke on the N. side and an enclosure (Little Bredy (6)) is attached to it.'

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 883376 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME: Littlebredy Farm Settlement, East of. 1 profile at different scale

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452582 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 8 2023 3:53PM