Monument record MDO42848 - Possible late prehistoric field boundaries, Frampton, Frampton

Banked linear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery to the northeast of Frampton. The features may be late prehistoric field boundaries, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date, although a medieval date for some of the features is also possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Banked linear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery to the northeast of Frampton (1, 2). The features may be late prehistoric field boundaries, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date, although a medieval date for some of the features is also possible. Adjacent areas of possible medieval ridge and furrow (MDO42849) appear to respect some of the boundaries, potentially indicating they were still in use, or-reuse, during the medieval period.

The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4269-70 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16856.

<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

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Nov 12 2020 4:01PM