Monument record MDO41531 - Historic field boundaries, Lambs' Green, Corfe Mullen

Banked linear features at Lambs' Green, Corfe Mullen, are visible on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval date, although an earlier, potentially late prehistoric, origin cannot be ruled out. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features at Lambs' Green, Corfe Mullen, are visible on aerial photographs (RAF 1947) and current Lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2015).

The features are broad and slightly sinuous in form. They are located within a large irregular historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose sinuous boundaries are likely to be medieval in origin. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries, also possibly medieval in date, although an earlier, potentially late prehistoric, origin cannot be ruled out.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5193-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16148.

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

Record last edited

Dec 17 2025 4:26PM