Monument record MDO25958 - West Elworth, field boundaries

Bank and ditched field boundaries, probably associated with the medieval settlement at West Elworth, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

The farm seems to have had the same possessors as at East Edward (SY 68 SW 23) but is not mentioned seperately; perhaps in former ages East Edward included the whole. <1>

SY598846. Close banks at West Elworth suggest village shrinkage. <2>

Bank and ditched field boundaries, probably associated with the medieval settlement at West Elworth, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <3-4>. The features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Abbotsbury file) (Unpublished document). SWX1663.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3321-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12189.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4289-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12222.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884116 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 9:03AM