Monument record MDO681 - Iron Age or Roman coaxial field system, Cattistock

Fragments of an Iron Age or Roman coaxial field system are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on the west facing slopes overlooking the River Frome to the south of Cattistock. They were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valleys AIM project.

Fragments of an Iron Age or Roman coaxial field system are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on the west facing slopes overlooking the River Frome to the south of Cattistock <3>. The field boundary extend over 35hectares and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valleys AIM project.


[Centred at SY 59709930] Field system plotted from air photographs. <1>

Centred at SY 59859920. An IA/RB type field system
A. SY60059948. Grass covered, contour following lynchets up to 0.7m high
B. SY59659933. Vague lynchets visible in plough & grassland
C. SY59959920. No trace in field under crops
D. SY 59709922 Strong lynchets & field banks up to 2.5m high forming rectilinear enclosures on steep southern slope of hill. Under pasture.
E. SY59859900. Similar to D but much less pronounced
F. SY59739865. Low vague contour following lynchets
See air photos CPE/UK/1974/3383-4 <2>

<2> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49), 1-MAR-49 (Map). SWX1583.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 07-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450676 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 3:59PM