Monument record MDO7559 - Prehistoric and medieval field system, Corfe Castle

Fragments of a field system of probable Iron Age or Romano British origin are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the west facing ridge to the north and east of Broadly Wood. Parallel strip lynchets may indicate reuse in the medieval period.

Fragments of a field system of probable Iron Age or Romano British origin are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the west facing ridge to the north and east of Broadly Wood (1-4). Parallel strip lynchets may indicate reuse in the medieval period. The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Channel Coastal Observatory, 23-MAR-2008, Lidar (Photograph). SDO12878.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3246-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13528.

<3> National Monuments Record, 13-MAR-1971, NMR SY8478/1 (NMR 566/3390) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13529.

<4> National Monuments Record, 26-OCT-1999, NMR SY9478/8-9 (NMR 18609/13-14) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13530.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 667 (Index). SDO147.

‘NE OF ENCOMBE HOUSE: Ditches and banks visible on AP, perhaps part of a field system. Site lies on a steep slope in permanent pasture. Ap/Boyden,J/oblique/SY9478. 7/7/C.’

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Sep 20 2018 4:33PM