Upper Frome and Sydling Valleys, West Dorset, Dorset, Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project
Author(s): Fiona Fleming
This report presents the results of a systematic survey of a range of archaeological sites visible as earthworks, cropmarks and structures on aerial photographs and lidar imagery within a 100 square kilometre area of West Dorset. The project area lies entirely within the Dorset AONB and covers a nationally important historic chalk landscape with a high potential for prehistoric monuments. This area had been less intensively studied than neighbouring areas such as the South Dorset Ridgeway and Cranborne Chase and the project was undertaken on the basis of real opportunity for significantly improving our understanding of the historic environment of this area. The project area covered the upper reaches of the River Frome from Frampton in the south to Evershot in the north. On its eastern side, the River Sydling runs northwards through Sydling St Nicholas to Up Sydling. The project has provided significant enhancement to existing baseline data through the mapping, interpretation and recording of 975 archaeological sites, of which 900 were entirely new discoveries, previously unrecorded in the county or national databases. The results will be available for use by local communities, researchers, policy makers and managers of the historic and natural environment.
- Report Number:
- 43/2021
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 101
- Keywords:
- Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography National Mapping Programme
