Monument record MDO44433 - Fragmentary field system, Clubmen's Down, Compton Abbas and Fontmell Magna

Fragmentary remains of a field system of possible Iron Age or Roman date. All remains have been levelled, except those on slopes, and no complete fields survive.

ST 880180 Fragmentary remains of 'Celtic' fields are all levelled except those on steep slopes. At ST 884187 scarps are visible but no complete fields. <1-4>

This area of arable downland shows extensive but fragmentary evidence of a 'Celtic' type field system now almost completely destroyed by modern agriculture.

Centred ST 88331860 In an area of about 4 ha, well preserved scarps up to 0.7m high lie diagonally across the steep north west facing slope below Clubmen's Down. These 'Celtic' field remnants are best defined when viewed obliquely from the south side of Compton Down at ST 883190). <5>

<1> Royal Air Force, 29-OCT-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1811 1081-82, 1081 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18573.

<2> Royal Air Force, 29-OCT-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1811 1082-83, 1082-1083 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17868.

<3> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, Annotated Record Map Rec. 6 (R J C Atkinson 1 3 49) (Map). SWX2397.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 120 (Monograph). SDO99.

<5> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 23-FEB-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205917 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 23 2022 9:10AM