Monument record MDO1993 - Enclosures, Piddletrenthide

Aerial photographs taken in 1973 by John Boyden show cropmarks, interpreted as the ditches of at least two probable enclosures. This group of cropmark features was recorded from aerial photographs during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. It comprises fragments of two enclosures, a scatter of pits and probable field boundaries at the northern end of a modern field. The most complete enclosure is polygonal, 74m by 56m across with a slightly inturned entrance midway along its southern side. The features are considered likely to be of later prehistoric date and continue to the southwest in record MDO1994.

SY 72699901. Faint crop-marks of possible ditch systems suggesting remains of enclosures. <1>

Nothing visible on the ground. <2>

This group of cropmark features was recorded from aerial photographs during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. It comprises fragments of two enclosures, a scatter of pits and probable field boundaries at the northern end of a modern field. The most complete enclosure is polygonal, 74m by 56m across with a slightly inturned entrance midway along its southern side. The features are considered likely to be of later prehistoric date and continue to the southwest in record MDO1994. <4-8>

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

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 03-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454773 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> Historic England Archive, 25-MAY-2017, HEA 33297/045 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20994.

<5> J R Boyden, 13-MAR-1971, JRB 565/4816 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20995.

<6> J R Boyden, 11-DEC-1971, JRB 380/3482 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20996.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 05-MAY-1989, OS/89137 V 663 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20975.

<8> Google Earth, 01/01/2022, Google Earth 2022 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18611.

Record last edited

Oct 21 2024 7:47PM