Monument record MDO24177 - Late prehistoric field system, Portesham

(Area centred at SY 59788642). Field systems. <1>

An area of grass covered field banks and lynchets averaging 0.3m high. These form irregular enclosures of Iron Age/Romano British type. <2>

The earthwork remains of a later prehistoric field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <4-5> on the steep south facing slope to the north-west of Portesham. The site lies on a different alignment to the system described in MDO24178 which lies immediately to the north. The features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49), 1/3/1949 (Map). SWX1583.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> 30-NOV-1980, MAL 8038 174 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11716.

<4> 11-JUN-1978, NMR OS/78080/108-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11715.

<5> 11-JUN-1978, NMR OS/78080 105-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11674.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450402 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 3:09PM