Monument record MDO38541 - Historic cultivation marks or possible medieval ridge and furrow, Laverstock Farm, Stoke Abbott

Possible medieval ridge and furrow to the north of Laverstock Farm is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The cultivation marks are visible within four fields bordering a narrow stream valley and their broad linear form may indicate medieval ridge and furrow but a later origin is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Historic linear cultivation marks to the north of Laverstock Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The cultivation marks are visible within four fields bordering a narrow stream valley and their broad linear form may indicate medieval ridge and furrow but a later date is possible. The cultivation marks are generally no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1085 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14764.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 11:17AM