Monument record MDO3673 - Field system on Charlton Down, Charlton Marshall

Two areas of 'Celtic' fields on Charlton Down, now mostly destroyed. These were probably formerly conjoined. The eastern system continues into Thorncombe Parish. Fragments of a field system are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. They may be of later prehistoric origin although a medieval reuse is possible.

Two areas of 'Celtic' fields on Charlton Down, now mostly destroyed. These were probably formerly conjoined. The eastern system continues into Thorncombe Parish. See RAF vertical aerial photograph runs CPE/UK 1934:1135-8 3125-7 1094-5

Fragments of a field system are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery <1-3> and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. They may be of later prehistoric origin although a medieval reuse is possible. The field system continues to the north and east.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-APR-1953, RAF/58/10990 F21 83 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19514.

<3> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-1995, NMR 15399/11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19513.

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Feb 22 2023 7:31PM