Monument record MDO45653 - Historic field boundaries, Lytchett Matravers

Parallel banked linear features are visible to the east of Lytchett Matravers as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Parallel banked linear features are visible to the east of Lytchett Matravers as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features align with the historic field pattern and divide the historic fields to create a series of narrow rectilinear N-S aligned holdings, similar to those on the north side of the main road as survived in 1946/1947 [1, 2]. They are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19437.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19436.

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Feb 21 2023 9:15AM