Monument record MDO45834 - Later prehistoric field system, Charlton Marshall

An extensive bank and ditched field system of possible later prehistoric date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and low earthworks on lidar imagery. The system covers a large part of the parish of Charlton Marshall and extends to the south into Spetisbury, in all covering over 220 hectares. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

An extensive bank and ditched field system of possible later prehistoric date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and low earthworks on lidar imagery <1-9>. The system covers a large part of the parish of Charlton Marshall and extends to the south into Spetisbury, in all covering over 220 hectares. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-APR-1953, RAF/58/10990 F21 83 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19514.

<3> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF/58/0254 V1 158 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19501.

<4> National Monuments Record, 10-APR-1980, NMR 1744/35-39 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19613.

<5> National Monuments Record, 27-AUG-1998, NMR 1814/23 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19614.

<6> National Monuments Record, 27-AUG-1998, NMR 18131/01 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19615.

<7> Historic England Archive, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29571/019 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19616.

<8> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR 24630/13 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19481.

<9> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 08-APR-1949, CAP 7942/75 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19617.

Record last edited

Mar 6 2023 6:28PM