Monument record MDO44759 - Enclosure north east of Ryall's Farm, Gussage St Michael

An enclosure, defined by a ditch, and with evidence for Bronze Age and Iron Age activity, is located close to Ryall's Farm. Some excavation occurred in 1990.

This enclosure was excavated and described by Martin Green as ' A large enclosure with a ditch almost 2m deep, (that) produced pottery spanning the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age.' The description includes a plan. <3>

Part of this enclosure was observed and transcribed from aerial photography dating from July 1976. <1>

<1> National Monuments Record, 08-JUL-1976, NMR ST9812/1/18 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18821.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: MD002804. (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: Gussage St Michael Survey. Scope and Content: Aerial Survey record. Material held by Aerial Survey.

<3> Green, Martin, 2000, A Landscape Revealed. 10,000 Years on a Chalkland Farm, 110 (Monograph). SDO18820.

<4> Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Information from Martin Green, Down Farm, Gussage St Michael (Unpublished document). SWX999.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1307366 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 30 2022 2:59PM