Monument record MDO42208 - Medieval or post medieval field boundaries, Frome Vauchurch

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Summary

A system of bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the ground of what was The Rectory (now Frome Vauchurch House). This area is marked as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map. It is not certain if the features relate to the orchard or are of earlier medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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Full Description

A system of bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the ground of what was The Rectory (now Frome Vauchurch House) [1]. This area is marked as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map. It is not certain if the features relate to the orchard or are of earlier medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.


<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 5978 9725 (point) (9 map features)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Toller Porcorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Apr 29 2020 5:34PM

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