Monument record MDO40623 - Historic field boundaries, Stone, Pamphill

Banked linear features in fields to the north-east of Stone Farm are visible on 1940's aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of possible post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features in fields to the northeast of Stone Farm are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise narrow linear banks of regular form, which sub-divide fields with historic boundaries of curvilinear character and probably medieval in origin. One agled linear corresponds with and contains an area of narrow ridge and furrow (MDO40621).
The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of possible post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible.

The site is within larger ploughed and cropped fields that have seen significant boundary removal on current Google Earth imagery. The features are still visible as cropmarks on 2002 Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 03-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/163 RS 4091-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15897.

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Aug 28 2019 11:16AM