Monument record MDO45292 - Possible later prehistoric enclosure, Abbeycroft Down,Tarrant Rushton

Linear and curvilinear ditched features are visible as cropmarks on a 2002 aerial photograph, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton. The features may be part of a small enclosure, possibly of later prehistoric origin. Alternatively they may be later prehistoric field boundaries. They form part of a group of features recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1403297. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A ring ditch and other features are visible as cropmarks on air photographs taken April 15th 2002. There appear to be faint ditches passing either side of the ring ditch, while other features in the vicinity may represent field boundaries or enclosures. <1,2>

Linear and curvilinear ditched features are visible as cropmarks on a 2002 aerial photograph, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton <1>. The features may be part of a small curvilinear/rectilinear enclosure approximately 35m wide, possibly of later prehistoric origin. Alternatively they may be later prehistoric field boundaries. They form part of a group of features recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1403297. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 15-APR-2002, NMR 21628/01 (ST9505/0007) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19207.

<2> Barber, M, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial photograph interpreter's comments (Verbal communication). SDO18427.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1403297 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 30 2023 12:33PM