Monument record MDO50534 - Undated field system or settlement, Pigeon House Plantation, Milton Abbas

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Summary

Fragments of banked and ditched linear boundaries are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery under trees within Pigeon House Plantation, Milton Abbas. The boundaries are of uncertain date, they may be of medieval or post medieval origin being in the vicinity of St Catherine's Chapel (MDO9041); possibly associated with part of a former medieval settlement at this location. However, an earlier Iron Age or Roman origin for some of the features is possible. The features cover an area of over 13 ha and extend to the east in MDO 50533; they were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Fragments of banked and ditched linear boundaries are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery under trees within Pigeon House Plantation, Milton Abbas. The boundaries are of uncertain date, they may be of medieval or post medieval origin being in the vicinity of St Catherine's Chapel (MDO9041); possibly associated with part of a former medieval settlement at this location. However, an earlier Iron Age or Roman origin for some of the features is possible. The features cover an area of over 13 ha and extend to the east in MDO 50533; they were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.
(EA 2023).


Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2026, 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550 (Machine readable data file). SDO21762.

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

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  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2026. 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550. [Mapped features: #712227 ; #712228 ; #712229 ; #712230 ; #712231 ; #712232 ; #712233 ; #712234 ; #712235 ; #712236 ; #712237 ; #712238 ; #712239 ; #712240 ; #712241 ; #712242 ; #712243 ; #712244 ; #712245 ; #712246 ; #712247 ; #712248 ; #712249 ; #712250 ; #712251 ; #712252 ; #712253 ; #712254 ; #712255 ; #712256 ; #712257 ; #712258 ; #712259 ; #712260 ; #712261 ; #712262 ; #712263 ; #712264 ; #712265 ; #712267 ; #712268 ; #712271 ; #712272 ; #712279 ; #712287 ; #712289 ; #712290 ; #712291 ; #712292 ; #712293 ; #712294 ; #712295 ; #722686 ]
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Grid reference ST 8019 0239 (point) (54 map features)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset

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Record last edited

May 12 2026 2:08PM

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