Monument record MDO42978 - Possible late prehistoric field boundaries, Plain Bottom, Maiden Newton

Linear banked features are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs in the area of Plain Botttom, Maiden Newton. The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of possible late prehistoric date, although a later origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Linear banked features are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs in the area of Plain Botttom, Maiden Newton (1-3). The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of possible late prehistoric date, although a later origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The majority of features are still visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 21-OCT-71, RAF/39/3812 V 0210-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16874.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-NOV-71, RAF/39/3829 V 0038-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16910.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 13-APR-84, OS84024/072 V (Aerial Photograph). SDO16876.

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Dec 1 2020 2:21PM