Monument record MDO38519 - Historic field boundary, Bettiscombe Manor House, Bettiscombe

A curving field boundary to the east of Bettiscombe Manor House is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The boundary conforms with neighbouring boundaries enclosing a group of fields of probable early medieval or medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A curving field boundary to the east of Bettiscombe Manor House is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (1). The boundary conforms with neighbouring boundaries enclosing a group of fields of probable early medieval or medieval origin. These fields appear to have been later sub-divided during the post medieval period (see MDO38520) but these boundaries were removed prior to the date of the OS First Edition historic mapping. They remain visible on the latest vertical aerial photographs (2) and Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4333-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14760.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 9:45AM