Monument record MDO39852 - Possible prehistoric or historic trackways, Gussage All Saints

A series of ditched linears visible as cropmarks in a field to the northeast of Amen Corner, Gussage All Saints, on a 1989 aerial photograph may be associated with prehistoric or historic trackways, although an agricultural origin is also possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A series of ditched linears visible as cropmarks in a field to the northeast of Amen Corner, Gussage All Saints on a 1989 aerial photograph (1).

The linear features are predominantly aligned north to south, with a few on a east to west axis. One longer north south aligned section extends north towards a possible enclosure (MDO39853), whose rectilinear form suggests a possible Iron Age or Romano-British origin. The features are also located around 280m east of a probable Iron Age or Romano British enclosure and field system (MDO39849). It is possible the ditched linears are trackways that form part of a wider late prehistoric settled landscape, although a later historic date for these is also possible. Alternatively the features may be agricultural in origin.

The features are within a modern cropping field but are not visible on later available vertical aerial photographs.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 06-MAY-89, OS 89135 V 348 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15640.

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Feb 7 2018 1:22PM