Monument record MDO41686 - Late prehistoric trackway, New Barn Farm, Shapwick

Linear ditched features to the southeast of New Barn Farm are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are considered to be sections of a late prehistoric trackway. The trackway is contiguous to a probable settlement of late prehistoric or Romano-British date, also visible as cropmarks. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

ST 959011, to N then NNE. Parallel ditches 6m apart, probable track, length 900m, visible on air photographs. Settlement [ST 90 SE 92] is possibly contiguous. It is assumed that discontinuous sections were once linked. <1>

Linear ditched features to the southeast of New Barn Farm are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs <2-5>.

The features comprise numerous sections of narrow curvilinear ditch that form double and sometimes triple parallel rows that extend for a distance of around 1.5km on a broadly SSW to NNE alignment on both sides of Park Lane.

The features are considered to be sections of a late prehistoric trackway. The trackway is possibly contiguous with a probable settlement of late prehistoric or Romano-British date (MDO41687). The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 3 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<2> BKS Surveys Ltd, 07-FEB-68, BKS/3161 629270-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16221.

<3> National Monuments Record, 26-JUN-70, NMR290/100-1 (ST9501/2) (Aerial Photograph). SDO16218.

<4> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-95, NMR/15397/51 (ST9501/0007) (Aerial Photograph). SDO16223.

<5> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-95, NMR 15397/50 (ST9500/0001) (Aerial Photograph). SDO16222.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 870284 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 20 2023 12:38PM