Monument record MDO48951 - Possible later prehistoric curvilinear enclosure, Forston Higher Farm, Charminster

A curvilinear banked and ditched enclosure to the southwest of Forston Higher Farm, Charminster, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The feature could potentially be later prehistoric in origin, perhaps of Iron Age to Roman date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

A curvilinear banked and ditched enclosure to the southwest of Forston Higher Farm, Charminster, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs [1]. The feature comprises a sub-oval banked enclosure with part of the south side not visible. There are short breaks in the north and southwest sides. A possible interior ditch is visible on the west and southwest sides. The feature is divided by a later field boundary. It could potentially be later prehistoric in origin, perhaps of Iron Age to Roman date. It was 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.

<1> John Boyden, 29-MAY-1976, JRB 3083/8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21028.

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