Monument record MDO48990 - Iron Age or Roman field system, Little Piddle Down, Piddlehinton

The remains of an extensive Iron Age or Romano British field system are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and earthworks on lidar imagery on Higher Piddle Down, Piddlehinton. The system covers an area of over 39 hectares and is marked as 'British Settlement' on the OS 1st editiion map. It is part of a much wider field system which extends to the east and south into Charminster parish (see MDO20448) and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

The remains of an extensive Iron Age or Romano British bank and ditched field system are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and earthworks on lidar imagery on Higher Piddle Down, Piddlehinton <1-4>. The system covers an area of over 39 hectares and is marked as 'British Settlement' on the OS 1st editiion map <5>. It is part of a much wider field system which extends to the east and south into Charminster parish (see MDO20448) and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

National Monuments Record, 10-APR-1980, NMR 1743/295-304 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21038.

<1> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-1971, RAF/39/3812 V 272 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20946.

<3> National Monuments Record, 08-FEB-2006, NMR 24169/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21026.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 6:23PM