Monument record MDO734 - Prehistoric field system on Rowden Hill, Cerne Abbas

Traces of a late prehistoric field system on the south eastern and eastern slopes of Rowden Hill. Earthworks of part of an embanked Iron Age/Roman field system are visible on the eastern end of Rowdon Hill on on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme. The features are visible as soilmarks on 1969 aerial photographs and as earthworks on Environment Agency lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and piddle Valleys AIM project.

Earthworks of part of an embanked Iron Age/Roman field system visible on the eastern end of Rowden Hill at ST 6540 0100. The remains of a number of rectilinear fields can be seen seen on on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme. <1>

The features are visible as soilmarks on 1969 aerial photographs and as earthworks on Environment Agency lidar imagery [4, 5]. The field system probably continues to the north within Cerne Abbas Deer Park, recorded under MDO43092 and MDO48409. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 84 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(39) CELTIC FIELD-SYSTEM, on the S.E. and E. slopes of Rowden Hill ¾ m. W. of the church'.

<2> Historic England, 01-OCT-2015, HEA 29595_29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17404.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1626183 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> John Boyden, 01-JAN-1969, JRB 108/24 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20884.

<5> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Aug 15 2024 4:26PM