Monument record MDO41382 - Possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow, East Parley Common, Ferndown Town

An area of parallel ridged and ditched cultivation marks on East Parley Common are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are situated within a historic enclosure of probable post medieval date and may be associated with narrow ridge and furrow cultivation. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

An area of parallel ridged and ditched cultivation marks on East Parley Common are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise regular parallel ridges set around 4.5 to 5m apart with 1.5m wide ditches in between. They occupy the whole of a small historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose regular boundaries indicate a probable post medieval origin (2). The features may be those of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow.

The site is under trees on current Google Earth imagery and the features are not visible. They were digitally plotted from 1940s aerial photographs by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4290-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16116.

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

Record last edited

Aug 16 2018 12:15PM