Monument record MDO48993 - Later prehistoric field system, Charlton Higher Down, Charminster

An area of later prehistoric field system on Charlton Higher Down, Charminster, is visible as soilmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and current lidar imagery. The field system is part of a much more extensive area of field system of potentially Iron Age to Roman date, recorded under MDO790 and MDO791 and their associated child records. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

An area of later prehistoric field system on Charlton Higher Down, Charminster, is visible as soilmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and current lidar imagery [1, 2]. The field system is part of a much more extensive area of field system of potentially Iron Age to Roman date, recorded under MDO790 and MDO791 and their associated child records. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

<1> Crawford, O G S, 26-NOV-1925, CCC 11752/4994 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21033.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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