Monument record MDO45232 - Iron Age or Roman field system, Tarrant Gunville and Ashmore

Earthwork remains of a field system of Iron Age or Roman date mainly flattened by ploughing. They cover much of the north west part of Tarrant Gunville parish.

ST 917155 'Celtic' fields, flattened by intensive cultivation, cover much of the north west part of Tarrant Gunville. <1, 3>

ST 917155 Area of pronounced field banks and lynchets. <2>

The remains of a fragmented 'Celtic' type field system covers a considerable area of mixed agricultural land centred at ST 917155. The spread banks are well defined where under pasture averaging 6.0m wide and up to 0.8m high and where ploughed are discernible as light chalky patches. Slight traces of 'Celtic' field pattern visible on OS air photographs <4.1>. <4>

<1> Royal Air Force, 27-Apr-1947, RAF CPE/UK/2038 3073-75 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19165.

<2> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, Annotated Record Map Rec. 6 (R J C Atkinson 1 3 49), Corr 6" (R J C Atkinson 1.3.49) (Map). SWX2397.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 120 (Monograph). SDO99.

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 05-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4.1> Ordnance Survey, OS/75/371 094-95 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19166.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209910 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 3:53PM