Monument record MDO48365 - Possible deserted medieval settlement, Alton Pancras

Banked linear and curvilinear features to the north of Alton Pancras are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered to possibly be earthworks associated with an area of deserted medieval settlement, possibly Barcombe medieval settlement, as recorded under MDO70. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

Banked linear and curvilinear features to the north of Alton Pancras are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2, 3]. The features are considered to possibly be earthworks associated with an area of deserted medieval settlement, possibly Barcombe medieval settlement, as recorded under MDO70. There are additional regular straight linear banked features to the north of the settlement remains, that might be field boundaries, perhaps associated with an area of medieval strip field. The main core of the deserted settlement appears to be south of the road, recorded under MDO48368. 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 RS 4370 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20851.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1043 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20727.

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

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Aug 8 2024 10:08AM