Monument record MDO30644 - Medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow, Burleston

An area of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of the 1990s to the north east of Burleston.

An area of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of the 1990s to the north east of Burleston. The ridges are oriented north-south and are visible over an area measuring approximately 260 m by 150 m. They may have been part of a cultivation system with another area of ridge and furrow (see MDO30643) and an area of strip lynchets (see MDO583), both located to the west. (1-2) This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> English Heritage, 29-OCT-1997, NMR SY 7894/4-5 NMR 15847/22-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13348.

<2> English Heritage, 29-OCT-1997, NMR SY 7894/6 NMR 15835/12 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13349.

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Mar 26 2014 12:42PM