Monument record MDO21920 - Prehistoric field system, Eggardon, Askerswell

Listed as a British village. <1>

Field Systems:- Taken from Air Photos in Jany-March. 1949. by R.J.C. Atkinson. <3>

A series of scarps, perhaps representing traces of a Celtic field system. <4>

[Centred at SY 54359390] A; [Centred at SY 54109340] B; [Centred at SY 55409350] C. Three areas of an IA/RB field system, visible on Aps. CPE/UK/2431/4153-5.

A: Fairly well defined field banks and lynchets on a N.W. facing slope. The area is under grass. B: Poorly defined field banks and lynchets under grass, particularly on the hill top above the 600-700ft. Contours; on the lower slopes there are very scattered lynchets from 0.5m to 2.0m. High. Field banks average 0.2m. High.

C: There are indications of field banks and lynchets, 0.2m to 0.4m. High, but much defaced by ploughing, on the S. and S.W. facing slopes above the 700ft. Contour. The area is at present under young crops, and is situated S.W. of TWO GATES, incorporating the earthwork described on 39 NW 18. This field system is to some extent visible on Aps. CPE/UK/2431/4152-4. <5>

[Centred at SY 54759320] D. Within this area the lynchet has been mainly destroyed by modern cultivation. <6>

A banked field system of possible prehistoric origin, visible as earthowrks on aerial photographs on the west facing slopes to the south-east of Eggardon Hillfort. <7-8>

<1> Warne, C, 1872, Ancient Dorset (2nd Edition), 31 (Monograph). SWX1971.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[Name at SY 538900331] BRITISH VILLAGE [OE] (Site of)

<3> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49) (Map). SWX1583.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 15 (Monograph). SDO97.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 23-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 03-JUN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<7> 19-OCT-1972, CUCAP (RC8-AF 171) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11439.

<8> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4153-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11409.

<9> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884635 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 21 2023 3:29PM