Monument record MDO44888 - Field system, Cranborne

Traces of a field system of later prehistoric or Roman date visible on air photographs. The field traces represent part of a larger network of field systems scattered across northeast Dorset.

(SU 048161) Field System (NR). <2>

(Centred SU 048160) Field system plotted from air photographs. <1>

'Celtic' fields; part of a group occupying the chalklands in the north east of the county. <3>

<1> Atkinson, R J C, Annotated Record Map Private 6 Sheet (R J C Atkinson Undated), Corr 6" (R J C Atkinson May 1949) (Map). SWX1667.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 118, [Group 85] (Monograph). SDO129.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: RCH01/091. (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East). Scope & Content: Annotated publication proofs for Dorset V, East Dorset, published in 1974. Also includes original surveys, drawings and field notes, and unpublished material. Original survey material has been catalogued.

<5> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213569 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 10:49AM