Monument record MDO40489 - Historic field boundaries, Wimborne St Giles

Banked retilinear earthworks to the northwest of Manor House, Wimborne St Giles, are visible on current Lidar imagery. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval origin; some or all of the features may be associated with an area of former medieval strip field. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked retilinear earthworks to the northwest of Manor House, Wimborne St Giles, are visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The features divide a long narrow historic enclosure with slightly curvilinear boundaries, present on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The enclosure is probably part of a field pattern associated with Manor House and probably medieval in origin. The features run on a southwest to northeast axis and align with adjacent historic boundaries (2). They are considered to be historic field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval origin, possibly even relict medieval strip field within an area of former medieval open field.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 4:11PM