Monument record MDO41459 - Historic field boundaries, Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall

Banked and ditched linear features to the east of Henbury House are visible on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval origin, although a later date for these is also possible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Linear ditched and banked features to the east of Henbury House are visible on aerial photographs (1-2).

The features comprises sections of curvilinear banks, predominantly narrow in form but with one broader bank visible as a cropmark and also as an earthwork on current Lidar imagery (3). The slightly sinuous nature of the features suggests historic field boundaries of possible medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. The ditched linear in the south of the group closely respects a banked linear to the north and may also be part of the field boundary. However, it is visible as a cropmark extending further to the west, where it appears to overlie a possible medieval hollow way and post medieval extractive pit (MDOs 41465 and 41466). It is possible this feature may alternatively be a post medieval trackway.

The site is still open fields on current Google Earth imagery although the features are not visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3245-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16134.

<2> BKS Surveys Ltd, 07-FEB-68, BKS/3161 V 629400-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16138.

<3> Environment Agency, xxx-xxx-2015, Geomatics Lidar DSM 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO16012.

Record last edited

Aug 24 2018 10:20AM