Monument record MDO40482 - Historic field boundaries, Wimborne St Giles

Banked and ditched retilinear earthworks on the northwest edge of Wimborne St Giles are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries, probably post medieval in origin although an earlier date is possible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked and ditched retilinear earthworks on the northwest edge of Wimborne St Giles are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery (1 and 2).

The features align broadly south to north and southwest to northeast, dividing historic enclosures on the east side of Coach Road, present on the OS 1st Edition map (3). The features are considered to be historic field boundaries, probably post medieval in origin although an earlier date is possible.

They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RS 4099-100 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15759.

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 4:11PM