Monument record MDO29107 - Late Prehistoric to Roman field system, north east of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers

A possible Late Prehistoric to Roman field system is visible in two areas, as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1942 and as a low earthwork on recent lidar imagery, to the north east of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers.

A possible Late Prehistoric to Roman field system is visible in two areas, as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1942 and as a low earthwork on recent lidar imagery, to the north east of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers. The earthworks and cropmarks comprise banked field boundaries which form small sub-rectangular fields. They cover an area measuring approximately 475 m by 245 m. (1-2) This site was digitally plotted during the South west Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 07-MAY-1942, RAF HLA/531/RV 6029-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12831.

<2> Channel Coastal Observatory, 30-NOV-2009, Lidar SZ0177SW (Aerial Photograph). SDO12832.

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Sep 6 2013 1:19PM