Monument record MDO45233 - Iron Age or Roman field system, Ashmore

Four small mounds centred ST 91631670, which Watson thought were barrows. They are probably the remains of the lynchetted angles of 'Celtic' fields, elsewhere destroyed by more recent cultivation. <2>

Three mounds centred at ST 916167.

'A' (ST 91611676) 12.0m in diameter and 0.4m in height on the northern side.

'B' (ST 91621673) 12.0m in diameter and 0.4m in height on the northern side.

'C' (ST 91621669) irregular, 21.0m by 17.0m and 0.7m high on the southern side.

None of these mounds has a ditch. <1>

These mounds are as described by Auth <1> and with other slight and fragmentary banks in the vicinity form part of a destroyed 'Celtic' field system. <3>

<1> Edwards, D W, Field Investigator's Comments DE, F1 DE 13-JAN-56 (Unpublished document). SDO18341.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 3 (Monograph). SDO99.

A group of four small mounds N. of Well Bottom (91631670 centre), which Watson thought were barrows, are probably the remains of the lynchetted angles of 'Celtic' fields, elsewhere destroyed by more recent cultivation.

<2.1> Watson E W, 1890, A History of the Parish, Parish of Ashmore (Monograph). SDO17883.

<3> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F2 GB 08-MAR-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209913 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 3:53PM