Monument record MDO38753 - Post medieval cultivation marks, Grange Lodge, Burstock

Ridges of possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow to the north of Grange Lodge, Burstock, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s, 1970s and on the latest Lidar imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

The ridges of possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow to the north of Grange Lodge, Burstock, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1), 1970s (2) and on the latest Lidar imagery (3).

The modern agricultural use of the enclosure is pasture. There is a possibility the marks are those of modern cultivation, although the ridges and the field boundaries are still visible beneath pasture on the latest Google Earth imagery (4). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2408-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14776.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1971, RAF/39/3826 V 0025-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14813.

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4302dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<4> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:46AM