Monument record MDO48154 - Later prehistoric field system, Minterne Magna, Up Cerne

Linear banked features in fields to the west of Minterne Magna are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be part of a later prehistoric field system and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

Linear banked features in fields to the west of Minterne Magna are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The features comprise a series of short parallel linear banks alongside some perpendicular banks which form partial rectilinear enclosures. The features are located along the slopes of a ridge top and are considered likely to be part of a later prehistoric field system that has survived through lack of ploughing in this area, although some features visible on a 1947 aerial photograph are no longer identifiable on current lidar imagery, indicating a deteriorating condition. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1049 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20741.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Jul 12 2024 10:41AM