Monument record MDO50031 - Later prehistoric field system, Turnworth

Part of an extensive later prehistoric field system on Turnworth Down to the east of Turnworth is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features incorporate the area of field system recorded under MDO5182. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Part of an extensive later prehistoric field system on Turnworth Down to the east of Turnworth is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features incorporate the area of field system recorded under MDO5182. The field system is more broken and fragmented to the southeast, where it lies within ploughed fields. Some features are clearly truncated by the road at Turnworth, and the field system continues to the west of this (MDO5181). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 RS 4024 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21628.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4169 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21600.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Record last edited

Jan 7 2026 11:09AM