Old settlement ?

Maybe are here burial mounds is in the field. And can these be traces of past buildings?

The location ist near Tarrant Gunville , Dorset, England.

Wiki means: "The parish has three round barrows and an unexcavated Iron Age enclosure with a 15' deep ditch, which Pevsner suspects was built in a hurry. "

Attachments:

Buried.kmz (813 B)

7 -I think iron age- burial mounds and soilmarks for further 5; originally a mound cemetery with 12 mounds alligned to two paralell lines.
I could not identify soilmarks for the enclosure so far, where we should to suspect the settlement.

nice spotting with no further clues in GE layers!

I read somewhere that through the dry spring in England many prehistoric settlements have become visible. Could be the case here too.

Attachments:

Settlement.kmz (691 B)

it is Robin Hood's Ball, Causewayed Enclosure (GEC layer site) and visible through the whole year. - check GE 10/21/2003 imagery for great display of structure's height data by low angle sunlight.

I think you mean, cropmarks are best visible by spring, when sprouting (agricultural) vegetation-cover can give best contrast of the soil-situation below. - it is true in general, not only for England. 

by your example not only the differences of soil composition, but clearly visible elevation pattern also helps to highlight contours of this great neolithic object.