Monument record MDO28981 - Possible Romano-british saltern, Middlebere Lake, Arne

A curvilinear enclosure is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the fields on the edge of Middlebere Lake, to the east of Middlebere Farm. It is located near to the site of a briquetage scatter thought to be associated with a Roman saltern (MWX3126) and it is considered possible that the enclosure may be contemporary with it.

A curvilinear enclosure, approximately 22.9m x 51.6m, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the fields on the edge of Middlebere Lake, to the east of Middlebere Farm (1-2). It is located near to the site of a briquetage scatter thought to be associated with a Roman saltern (MWX3126) and it is considered possible that the enclosure may be contemporary with it. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 1017-18 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12754.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JUN-1952, RAF/540/775/F10 5058 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12772.

<3> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

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Aug 1 2013 10:43AM