Monument record MDO6114 - Prehistoric field system on Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common, Sixpenny Handley

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Summary

An extensive field system covering Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common.

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Full Description

'Group (83): Minchington Down and Woodcutts Common (Sixpenny Handley). ‘Celtic’ fields, now almost destroyed by ploughing, can be seen on air photographs of the land around the hamlet of Woodcutts. They extend from the parish boundary on the W., where they adjoin an enclosure (Sixpenny Handley (24)), as far as Manor Farm (961153-956166-974166). To the N., on Woodcutts Common, further fields occur around the Iron Age and Romano-British settlement (Sixpenny Handley (19)). Air photographs: F21/58RAF/1090: 0101-03; F22/58RAF/1090: 0100-03; N.M.R., ST 9615/1/112-118; ST 9616/6/185-6; ST 9617/3/192-196.'


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 118 (Monograph). SDO129.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 118.

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Location

Grid reference ST 96 17 (point)
Map sheet ST91NE
Civil Parish Sixpenny Handley; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 020 065
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: 'Celtic' Field Group 83

Record last edited

Mar 29 2012 4:17AM

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