Monument record MDO42983 - Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, Hill Barn, Cattistock

A sub-oval banked and ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs to the west of Hill Barn, Cattistock. The feature is situated within an extensive Iron Age/Romano-British field system (MDO42982) and may be of contemporary date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A sub-oval banked and ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs to the west of Hill Barn, Cattistock (1). The feature appears to comprise a sub-oval enclosure potentially measuring over 200m long by just over 150m wide and overlain by a historic field boundary. The north and northeast sides are not visible but the feature appears to be formed of two parallel banks with an internal ditch. No entrance is identified on the visible sides. The enclosure is situated within an extensive Iron Age/Romano-British field system (MDO42982; NRHE Hob UID 453018) and may be of contemporary date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The feature is still visible as a cropmark on current Google Earth imagery.

J Story and Partners, 1972, DCC vertical aerial photographs, 42/72 060 (19 October 1972) (Aerial Photograph). SDO14100.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 13-APR-84, OS84024/002 V (Aerial Photograph). SDO16913.

Record last edited

Jan 15 2025 10:43AM