Monument record MDO3796 - Prehistoric field system on Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common, Sixpenny Handley and Farnham

Traces of fields of later prehistoric and/or Roman date on Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common. Largely levelled by more recent ploughing, some field banks and lynchets were recorded as earthworks by RCHME and the Ordnance Survey in the 1950s.

(Centred ST 960164) Field system. <1>

Irregular field banks and lynchets, probably Iron Age/Romano-British, partly under grass and partly ploughed. <2>

'Celtic' fields, now almost destroyed by ploughing, extend from the Farnham parish boundary, where they adjoin an enclosure (ST 91 NE 26) [Note: ie MDO6067], as far as Manor Farm (ST 974167). <3>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, Annotated Record Map Private 6 Sheet (R J C Atkinson Undated), Pte 6" (R J C Atkinson 1.3.49) (Map). SWX1667.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 09-APR-51 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 118, [Group (83)] (Monograph). SDO129.

Group (83): Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common (Sixpenny Handley). 'Celtic' fields, now almost destroyed by ploughing, can be seen on air photographs of the land around the hamlet of Woodcutts. They extend from the parish boundary on the W., where they adjoin an enclosure (Sixpenny Handley (24)), as far as Manor Farm (961153–956166–974166). To the N., on Woodcutts Common, further fields occur around the Iron Age and Romano-British settlement (Sixpenny Handley (19)).

Air photographs: F21/58RAF/1090: 0101–03; F22/58RAF/ 1090: 0100–03; N.M.R., ST 9615/1/112–118; ST 9616/6/185–6; ST 9617/3/192–196.

<3.1> Royal Air Force, 20-APR-53, RAF/F21 58/1090 0101-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18473.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209787 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2022 3:55PM