Monument record MDO21344 - Iron Age/Roman field system, Long Bredy Hut, Long Bredy

Field Systems:- Taken from Air photo`s in Jany - March 1949. By:- R. J. C. Atkinson. <1>

(Centred at SY 56699156). Small irregular fields of IA/RB type are visible in the field immediately S. of NORTH BARN on AP. CPE/UK/2431/3150. On the ground the field banks and lynchets average 0.2m. high, but are only extant in southern part of the field, under grass; i.e. area B. The system has been completely destroyed by quarrying which is taking place in area A. <2>

A rectilinear field system of possible Iron Age or Roman origin, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and now destroyed by quarrying. <3-4>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49) (Map). SWX1583.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 28-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4060-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11233.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3149-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11104.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451024 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 24 2023 7:20PM