Monument record MDO41691 - Late prehistoric enclosure, New Barn Farm, Shapwick

A possible sub-circular ditched feature to the south east of New Barn Farm is visible as a cropmark on 1940's aerial photographs. The feature is situated adjacent to a late prehistoric trackway (MDO41686) and around 30m west of a probable Late Iron Age or Romano-British settlement (MDO41687). It is likely to be broadly contemporary with these, possibly a small enclosure of Iron Age or Romano-British date. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A possible sub-circular ditched feature to the southeast of New Barn Farm is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is 15m in diameter and enclsoed by a 1.8m to 2m wide ditch. A gap and possible entrance is visible on its southeast side. It is situated adjacent to a late prehistoric trackway (MDO41686) and around 30m west of a probable Late Iron Age or Romano-British settlement (MDO41687). The feature is likely to be broadly contemporary with these, possibly a small enclosure of Iron Age or Romano-British date. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RP 3251-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16219.

<2> Papworth, M, 1994, Shapwick Parish, Kingston Lacy Estate, Wessex Region (Unpublished document). SDO14228.

An enclosure probably of prehistoric of Romano-British date is roughly square with curved corners and visible as two concentric ditches on aerial photograph NMR ST9501/1. Approximately 40m square from the aerial photograph with the linear ditch 112,733 touching its N edge.

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Oct 4 2021 7:18PM