Monument record MDO43150 - Historic field system, East Chelborough

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Summary

Banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken to the west of Horsey Farm, East Chelborough. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries and trackways associated with a field system of medieval or later date and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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Full Description

Banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken to the west of Horsey Farm, East Chelborough [1, 2]. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries and trackways associated with a field system of medieval or later date and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. The features are no longer evident on Google Earth imagery and may have been plough levelled.


<1> National Monuments Record, 04-MAR-1970, NMR 169/124 (ST5504/2) (Aerial Photograph). SDO17085.

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3375 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16621.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 04-MAR-1970. NMR 169/124 (ST5504/2).
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3375.

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Location

Grid reference ST 5511 0443 (point) (14 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish East Chelborough; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 3:08PM

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