Monument record MDO43617 - Enclosures and a trackway, Blandford St Mary

ST 856039. Soil marks of an occupation area on Little Down, with a trackway leading from the E, are visible on air photographs. It is possibly the Romano-British settlement discovered in the 19th century (ST 80 SE 1). <1>

Near circular enclosure, area 0.2 ha., and discrete arc 200 m WSW of a trapezoidal enclosure with a contained circle visible on air photographs. Trapezoidal enclosure comparable to [SU 01 NE 13]. [Air photograph transcription plan of trapezoid, with comparable sites]. <2-3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 45 (Monograph). SDO146.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1092 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17819.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 24 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<2.1> 01-DEC-1965, CUCAP (AMN 104) (Aerial Photograph). SDO17821.

<2.2> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 20-JUN-1948, CUCAP ANC 94-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17820.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 91 (Monograph). SWX800.

<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, 205715 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 4:03PM