Monument record MDO4085 - Prehistoric field system on Iwerne Hill, Iwerne Minster

ST 881146 Crop marks of rectangular enclosures (Iron Age/Romano British type field system) visible on air photographs. <1-4>

The area has been under plough, but is now grass covered. No trace of field systems seen. <5>

The area is under plough, and no trace of a field system could be seen either on the ground, or on OS air photographs <7.1>. <7>

<1> Royal Air Force, 27-Apr-1947, RAF CPE/UK/2038 3082 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18553.

<2> Royal Air Force, 27-Apr-1947, RAF CPE/UK/2038 3083 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18554.

<3> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, Annotated Record Map Rec. 6 (R J C Atkinson 1 3 49) (Map). SWX2397.

<4> Royal Air Force, 19.8.54, RAF F22/542/8 66-67 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18371.

<5> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 02-MAR-56 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North) (Monograph). SDO99.

<7> Chaplin, C P, Field Investigators Comments CPC, F2 CC 10-FEB-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17976.

<7.1> Ordnance Survey, OS 75 371 88-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18555.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206091 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 21 2022 10:47AM