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Monument Number 213590
Hob Uid: 213590
Location : Dorset Wimborne St. Giles, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Grid Ref : SU0108017800
Summary : Traces of later prehistoric or Roman fields on Oakley Down are visible on air photographs. In 1954 the Ordnance Survey noted some vague ploughed down lynchets just visible in places, but no overall pattern surviving on the ground. The fields form part of a wider network of field systems visible over the northeast part of Dorset.
More information : (Centred SU 010177) Field system on Oakley Down. Taken from air photographs, Jan to March 1949. (1) Vague, ploughed down lynchets are just visible over parts of this area, but no regular field pattern can be traced on the ground. (2) "Celtic" fields on Oakley Down; part of a group covering the chalkland in the north east of the county. The fields impinge on, and appear to be integrated with the Iron Age/Romano-British settlement (SU 01 NW 17) which lies amongst them. (3-4) The field system was examined by MPPA for possible scheduling, but since it is reduced by ploughing and there are no extant earthwork features, it is not recommended for scheduling. Ground photo with archive report. (5)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Field System
Evidence : Cropmark

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Field System
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 3020-67
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 NW 71
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-04-06
End Date : 1954-04-06

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 213590