Monument record MDO48239 - Possible medieval cultivation, strip field, Henley, Buckland Newton

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Summary

Banked linear features to the south of Henley, Buckland Newton, are visible as earthworks on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features comprise an area of faint parallel ridges and ditches and longer parallel linear banks that form narrow parallel strips within several fields. They might be part of a medieval strip field and/or ridge and furrow cultivation. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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Full Description

Banked linear features to the south of Henley, Buckland Newton, are visible as earthworks on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The features comprise an area of faint parallel ridges and ditches and longer parallel linear banks that form narrow parallel strips within several fields. They might be part of a medieval strip field and/or ridge and furrow cultivation. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.


<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6947 0388 (point)
Map sheet ST60SE
Civil Parish Buckland Newton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 26 2024 1:09PM

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