Monument record MDO41080 - Historic field boundary, Canford Magna, Poole

A ditched linear feature at Canford Magna is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is presumed to be a historic field boundary of probable post medieval date although an earlier origin is possible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A ditched linear feature at Canford Magna is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is narrow and rectilinear in form and it sub-divides a historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map and whose slightly sinuous boundaries may be medieval in origin (2).

The feature is presumed to be a historic field boundary of probable post medieval date although an earlier origin is possible

The site is a sports pitch on current Google Earth imagery and the feature is no longer visible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3203-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16014.

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

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 1:18PM