Monument record MDO8023 - Medieval or post medieval field system, south of Round Down, Swanage

A medieval or post medieval system of strip fields is visible on recent lidar imagery and aerial photographs to the west of Durlston. Several other areas of strip fields and ridge and furrow are also located in this area (see linked parent record). The earthworks consist of three areas of north-south oriented ridges and one area of east-west oriented boundaries, visible over an area measuring 330 m by 535 m. (3-5) This site was digitally plotted during the South west Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 297 (Monograph). SDO149.

<2> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey, IOP 628, 629, 630 (Index). SDO147.

‘ROUND DOWN: Probable remains of strip fields visible on air photos. The site lies on rough grassland colonized by shrubs. See (79A-D) for main entry on these field systems. RAF/VAP/1821: 3393. 7/7/C.’

<3> Channel Coastal Observatory, 30-NOV-2009, Lidar SZ0277SE (Aerial Photograph). SDO12841.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 30-NOV-2009, Lidar SZ0076NW (Aerial Photograph). SDO12840.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 30-NOV-2009, Lidar SZ0277SW (Aerial Photograph). SDO12839.

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Aug 12 2024 11:01AM