Monument record MDO8258 - Prehistoric field system on Bindon Hill, West Lulworth

Fragmentary 'Celtic' Fields on the north slope of Bindon Hill and lies over about 10 acres. Lynchets are up to 10 feet high. <2>

<1> Royal Air Force, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5432-4 (Aerial Photograph). SWX2684.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 629 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Records, SY 88 SW 20 (Index). SDO131.

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F1 NJA 27-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

‘The field system is now mostly obscured by scrub vegetation; some fragmentary lynchets can be seen but nothing approaching a height of 10ft.’

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

‘(SY 82408040-82908033). Fragmetary 'Celtic' fields on the north slope of Bindon Hill, near its west end cover about 10 acres. Others probably extended south to lower ground where faint traces appear under the remains of strip cultivation around SY 831805. Lynchets are up to 10 ft high and appear to be unconnected with the Iron Age earthworks (see SY 88 SW 2).’

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Dec 23 2021 10:32AM