Monument record MDO49791 - Prehistoric field system, Plush Hill, Piddletrenthide

An extensive prehistoric field system, probably reused into the medieval period, is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on lidar imagery and aerial photographs on Plush Hill, to the west of Thorndown Bottom, Piddletrenthide. The features are considered to be part of a wider system of fields described in MDO43360, MDO49790 and MDO1978, they cover an area of over 160 hectares and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

An extensive prehistoric field system, probably reused into the medieval period, is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on lidar imagery are aerial photographs on Plush Hill, Piddletrenthide. The features are considered to be part of a wider system of fields described in MDO43360, MDO49790 and MDO1978, they cover an area of over 160 hectares and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environment Agency 2023, RAF 1947, OS 1974, NMR 1995)

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

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 4366 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21508.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 15-MAY1974, OS/74058 110 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21557.

<4> National Monuments Record, 07-AUG-1995, NMR 15346/06 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21481.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 15-MAY-1974, OS/74058 119-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21558.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2025 11:34AM