Monument record MDO2763 - Prehistoric field system at Woolcombe, Toller Porcorum

An earthwork bank (Hunt's Site 10) provisionally interpreted as a possible enclosure proved, on further consideration, to be a well-preserved surviving fragment of a prehistoric field system (Hunt's Site 17) that was elsewhere much reduced by ploughing.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984, 155-159 (Serial). SDO84.

'10 … Earthwork, ?enclosure; cut by terrace way' and '17 … Very slight traces of ?'celtic' fields observed in optimum light conditions. D. M. Ausin, pers. Comm.'

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1990, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1989, 114-115 (Serial). SDO89.

'At Site 10, the only surviving 'celtic' field of a large group now almost ploughed out, the boundary bank was eroded at the point where a farm track crossed it. The eroded area was cut back to provide a section, thus reducing fresh damage to a minimum. Beyond the soil and gravel construction of the bank no other features were noted and no artefacts recovered.'

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