Monument record MDO48134 - Later prehistoric field system, Black Hill, Cerne Abbas

An extensive later prehistoric field system on Black Hill, Cerne Abbas, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

An extensive later prehistoric field system on Black Hill, Cerne Abbas, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2, 3]. The features incorporate linear boundaries enclosures and trackways that might be associated with two Bronze Age settlements (MDOs713/714) but are within an area of wider activity dating between the Neolithic and Roman periods. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2375 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20736.

<2> National Monuments Record, 09-APR-1980, NMR 1743/251-261 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20734.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Aug 13 2024 4:47PM