Monument record MDO5496 - Romano-British settlement near Jack's Hedge Corner, Cranborne

A Romano British settlement which has now been almost totally levelled by ploughing. Cropmarks representing late Iron Age and Roman settlement are visible on air photographs. Located northwest of Jack's Hedge corner, the settlement appears to have been open, but also appears to overlie some fields. Surface finds described as 'Durotrigian' and Romano-British have been recovered from the area.

Visible on the ground as vague lynchets and soil discolourations. Air photographs 58/RAF/1212 F21 Nos 0148-9, show a series of irregular banks and depressions. <2>

Cranborne 34. 'Open' enclosure with ?ovoid encapsulated. Area 3.3ha. Jack's Hedge Corner. Field walking by Mr M Newman-Wren has produced Durotrigian and RB finds to 4th century. <4-5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(Name centred SU 04651552) British Village (NR) (Site of) British & Roman Remains found (NAT)

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 25-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 15 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(34) Romano-British settlement (047155), now almost totally levelled by ploughing, occurs on either side of the track leading N.W. from Jack's Hedge corner (Plate 86, centre). The site lies on the gentle E. slope of a ridge at about 350 ft. above O.D. Air photographs (C.U.A. P., ANB 67-71, V-DG 40; N.M.R., SU 0416/1/49-51) suggest that it was unenclosed and covered at least ten acres; they also indicate that it overlies 'Celtic' fields (Group (85), p. 118).'

<4> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<5> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 26 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<5.1> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, CUCAP OAP ANB 67 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18025.

<6> Barrett, J, Bradley, R and Green, M, 1991, Landscape, Monuments and Society: the prehistory of Cranborne Chase, 232 (Monograph). SDO16633.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213577 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 30 2022 12:52PM