Monument record MDO21056 - Herrison House: field system

(Centred at SY 67059516). Field system taken from air photos in January-March 1949 by R.J.C Atkinson. <1>

A. centred at SY67059516. No trace in arable and pasture land. B. centred at SY 66909499. Visible on AP CPE/UK/2431/4134, but insufficient air cover available at field investigation stage to permit classification from air photographs. Fragmentary traces visible in pasture slope. <2>

The open fields of Pulston were enclosed before 1770. Five contour strip lynchets of these fields lie on the valley side 300 yds south of Pulston Barn (SY 668950). <3>

Ploughed out. <4>

Fragments of a field system of probable prehistoric origin, visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and LiDAR imagery. <5-6>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, Annotated record map 1 to 6 inch scale, March 1949 (Map). SDO18356.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 24-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 72 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3.1> Taylor, Isaac, 1770, Map of Pulston Farm (Map). SDO20014.

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 30-JAN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<5> NOV-2006, D0067624 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10904.

<6> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4228-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10897.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452947 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 28 2023 1:39PM