Monument record MDO43590 - Field system, Blandford St Mary, Winterborne Whitechurch

(Area centred at ST 853022) Scattered irregular field banks and lynchets of Iron Age/Romano British type. Those at Whatcombe Down are being brought under the plough; those in the field to the east are partly under crops and partly under stubble. All are very much spread, and average 0.3m. high. <1>

Vague indications of 'Celtic' fields on APs. <2>

A rapid examination of air photography (3a) suggests the field system extends to the southeast of Whatcombe Down Dairy. <3>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3121-22 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17789.

<3> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project, 26-JAN-1993 (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<3.1> National Monuments Record, NMR 4333: 22-26 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17790.

<4> 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.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205642 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 4:03PM