Monument record MDO44008 - Later prehistoric field boundaries, Shapwick

Linear bank and ditched features are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs in fields between Badbury Rings and Target Wood. They are potentially field boundaries of later prehistoric of medieval date and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

ST 96300217, two ditches i) to NW, length 470m mostly an ill defined broad band; ii) to NNE length 320m. Possibly related to 'Celtic' fields at S. <1-2>

Linear bank and ditched features are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs in fields between Badbury Rings and Target Wood <3-4>. They are potentially field boundaries of later prehistoric date or medieval date and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, 43 (Monograph). SWX800.

<1.1> BKS Surveys Ltd, NMR VAP (BKS) ST 9502/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19356.

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

<3> Ordnance Survey, 13-SEP-1982, OS/82203 V 126 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18092.

<4> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 870272 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2023 6:49PM