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Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 06 June 2006  Page Views: 8002

Multi-periodSite Name: Fontmell Down
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury  Nearest Village: Melbury Abbas
Map Ref: ST884183
Latitude: 50.964003N  Longitude: 2.166554W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Fontmell Down
Fontmell Down submitted by TimPrevett : A long cross dyke bisecting Fontmell Down, visible from Spread Eagle Hill road (used as an alternative Blandford - Shaftesbury route by many). The dyke is visible cutting across the hill here. A dedicated parking area, and public footpath give direct access to the centre of the dyke. Panoramic views to the west. One of 64+ cross dykes in Dorset. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Dorset

A long cross dyke bisecting Fontmell Down, visible from Spread Eagle Hill road (used as an alternative Blandford - Shaftesbury route by many). A dedicated parking area, and public footpath give direct access to the centre of the dyke. Panoramic views to the west. One of 64+ cross dykes in Dorset.
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Fontmell Down
Fontmell Down submitted by TimPrevett : A long cross dyke bisecting Fontmell Down, visible from Spread Eagle Hill road (used as an alternative Blandford - Shaftesbury route by many). The dyke is visible descending into the steeper contours of the hill. A dedicated parking area, and public footpath give direct access to the centre of the dyke. Panoramic views to the west. One of 64+ cross dykes in Dorset. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Archaeology of Fontmell Down, Fontmell Magna, Dorset - Gill Vickery by Andy B on Monday, 17 July 2017
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The Archaeology of Fontmell Down, Fontmell Magna, Dorset – and a test of
geophysics - Gill Vickery

In 2013, as part of a degree at Bristol University, I examined the prehistoric archaeology of Fontmell Down, Fontmell Magna (ST 880 180), on National Trust property. Here, there are two scheduled cross ridge dykes (Monument No 205941) on a dramatically positioned spur end of the Cranborne Chase chalk downlands with wide views across the Blackmore Vale.

My aim was to identify and clarify the archaeology of the Down, to establish whether the dykes and earthworks were part of a system of prehistoric settlement and if so what it was. The archaeology includes: remnants of field systems visible on historic aerial photos and on the ground; two cross dykes; earthworks between them and two purported round barrows.

http://www.ssarg.org.uk/media/5af1d2748b130157ffff800dffffffd3.pdf
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