Monument record MDO41757 - Probable late prehistoric enclosure, Barford Farm, Pamphill

Linear ditched features to the north of Barford Farm are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features form a partial sub-rectangular enclosure and may be Iron Age or Romano-British in date. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Linear ditched features to the north of Barford Farm are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (1).

The features appear to form a partial sub-rectangular enclosure 44.4m by 47.5m; the northwest side is not visible. The enclosure is situated adjacent to numerous linear earthworks (MDO41692) visible on current Lidar imagery and potentially late prehistoric in origin. It is also situated around 630m east of a probable Iron Age to Romano-British settlement (MDO41687). It is possible that the enclosure is broadly contemporary with these features, most likely Iron Age or Romano-British in date.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 16-MAY-55, RAF/58/869 RP 3005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16228.

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Sep 17 2018 1:56PM