Monument record MDO48942 - Possible later prehistoric field boundaries/curvilinear enclosure, Forston Higher Farm, Charminster

Several curvilinear ditched features to the north of Forston Higher Farm, Charminster, are visible as soilmarks on aerial photographs. Together the features appear to form part of a possible curvilinear enclosure, and could potentially be later prehistoric in origin, perhaps of Iron Age to Roman date. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

Several curvilinear ditched features to the north of Forston Higher Farm, Charminster, are visible as soilmarks on aerial photographs (NMR 1976). Together the features appear to form part of a possible curvilinear enclosure, the ditches enclosing an area around 100m by 90m, open on the north side, with an additional ditched linear extending east from the main group. The features are potentially later prehistoric in origin, perhaps field boundaries or a partial enclosure of Iron Age to Roman date. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2025, 2025 AI&M Cerne and Piddle HE9364 (Machine readable data file). SDO21761.

National Monuments Record, 21-APR-1976, NMR 926/453-462 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21009.

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