Monument record MDO40954 - Post medieval field boundaries , Holt Forest Farm, Holt

Ditched linear features to the west of Holt Forest Farm are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval to early twentieth century origin. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear features to the west of Holt Forest Farm are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features are narrow and rectilinear in form and sub-divide an irregular historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map (2). They are presumed to be field boundaries of probable post medieval to early 20th century origin.

The site is still fields on current Google Earth imagery but with significant historic boundary removal since 1947 (1). The features are still faintly visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4183-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15982.

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

Record last edited

May 15 2018 2:15PM