Monument record MDO41347 - Post medieval field boundaries, Longham, Ferndown Town

Ditched linear features at Longham are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval origin. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear features at Longham are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1 and 2).

The features are narrow and rectilinear in form and they sub-divide historic enclosures rec orded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose combination of irregular and regular field boundaries indicate a probable medieval origin with later post medieval alteration (3). The features are presumed to also be historic field boundaries, their regular retilinear character indicating a probable post medieval origin.

The site is under Longham Lakes on current Google Earth imagery and the features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted from 1940s aerial photographs by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 08-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3027-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16099.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RP 3041-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16084.

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

Record last edited

Jul 27 2018 3:08PM