Monument record MDO43349 - Iron Age / Romano British settlement, Piddletrenthide and Alton Pancras

A probable Iron Age and Romano British settlement consisting of a bank and ditch with a rectangular platform with associated field system. Medieval lynchets superimposed.

An area of pronounced field banks and lynchets on the top and sides of the spur and under grass and rough pasture.

On the S slopes of the spur, in areas A and B, there are scattered but long and occasionally parallel sets of what appear to be superimposed Md strip lynchets, though in area A these have utilized the earlier system rather than simply superimposing themselves upon it. <1>

Part of RCHM Group (43) Celtic fields group, which includes a probable settlement site at 'a' ST 72050305, (see plan) flanked by a bank at 'b', with an apparent ditch N of it, possibly re-used as a track. There is a rectangular platform 66ft by 42 ft bounded by low lynchets at 71890285. <2-3>

At ST 71880287 on a northwest-southeast spur amidst the 'Celtic' fields is a well-defined rectangular platform 22.0m. northwest-southeast by 12.0m transversely. It has been terraced 0.6m into the hillslope to create a levelled interior bounded on the downhill by a scarp 0.8m high. Its function could not be ascertained.
Visible on OS air photographs <4.1>).

Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD & AM. <4>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 13-SEP-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 1039-40 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17527.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 328-30 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Record, NMR ST7202/3/4 (Index). SDO9937.

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F2 GB 24-OCT-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4.1> Ordnance Survey, OS 74/058/046-47 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17528.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 881115 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME, Ball Hill, `Celtic' Fields and Probable Settlement: Inscription: Part of Group 10 Bibliographic References : 1) Pt 2, Celtic Field Gp (43).

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 882057 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME, Ball Hill, Piddletrenthide, Dorset: Inscription: (Part of Gp 43) Celtic Field Gp (10) Profile across bank 'b'. X-YBibliographic References : 1) Pt 2 Published with plan of earthworks.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 882386 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME, Ball Hill, `Celtic' Fields and Probable Settlement, Dorset: Inscription: Part of Gp (43) Piddletrenthide.Bibliographic References : 1) Pt 2, Part of Gp 43.

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB74/04568 (Index). SDO14738.

PLAN OF CELTIC FIELDS AND POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB74/04569 (Index). SDO14738.

PLAN OF CELTIC FIELDS AND POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, RCH01/096 (Index). SDO14738.

RCHME Inventory, Dorset III (Central): A large collection of archive relating to the RCHME Dorset Inventory Volume III, published in 1970. It contains field surveys and excavation archive. Parish files containing original surveys have been given child collection status.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201959 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 24 2022 3:14PM