Monument record MDO2843 - Deserted settlement, Eggardon Hill Farm, West Compton

(Centred at SY 55459434) Field systems plotted from air photographs. <1>

A grass covered area with fairly well pronounced field banks and lynchets forming irregular enclosures of Iron Age/Romano-British type. Visible on AP RAF/CPE/UK 2431 4152. <2>

There are seven or eight prominent stepped platforms, some near rectangular on a N facing slope covering about one acre. They are bounded by a S hedge and formerly extended uphill. Form and situation strongly suggest native Iron Age/Romano-British origins. Visited June1970 when under rough pasture. <3>

ST (should be SY) 553943. Settlement E of Brow Copse. <4>

SY 55369432. Well preserved earthworks of settlement as described byAuthy 3. One small very coarse pot-sherd found on surface could be Romano-British or medieval. A hollow way leading south from Eggardon Hill Farm appears to be in part related to nearby 'Celtic' field boundaries. <5>

The site of a deserted settlement of uncertain date is visible as low earthworks to the east of Brow Copse. The site, which has been scheduled may be of Iron Age/RB date although a later medieval origin is possible. The earthwork platforms are visible on aerial photographs. <6-7>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, Annotated record map 1 to 6 inch scale, 01.03.49 (Map). SDO18356.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 23-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Department of the Environment, Inspector of Ancient Monuments (IAM) Record Form, 1970 (Scheduling record). SDO17470.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 78 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (West Compton file) (Unpublished document). SDO19799.

<5.1> Bowen, H C, Letter & Notes on Visit with David Sherlock IAM on 18.06.70 (H C Bowen 25.06.70) (Unpublished document). SDO19800.

<6> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4151-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11074.

<7> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3039 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15738.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451286 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 22 2024 3:36PM