Monument record MDO2291 - Deserted medieval settlement at Looke Farm, Puncknowle

SY 551888. Probable remains of a deserted medieval hamlet covering almost 25 acres lie in a small re-entrant valley east of Look Farm. There are at least 6 parallel scraps 20-25 yds apart spanning the valley and there appear to be sub-divisions to what might otherwise be strip fields. The remains are under deep grass and scrub. (See sketch plans). <1>

The probable remains of a deserted Medieval hamlet are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Look Farm <2-4>. The site comprises a system of strip fields and associated field boundaries and enclosures, it was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> RCHM Unpublished Revision Dorset 1 - West Undated (Unpublished document). SWX1659.

'Medieval field remains survive in fragments in several parts of the parish: … b. At Look Farm (551888) in a small re-entrant valley there are at least 6 parallel scarps 20-25 yds. apart spanning the valley. There appear to be sub-divisions to what might otherwise be strip fields. They are all under deep grass and scrub, but the remains are probably of a medieval hamlet, covering almost 25 acres.'

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3307-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11680.

<2> 2002, DCC SY5588 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11678.

<3> 20-JUL-1989, NMR OS/89389 108-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11676.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4288-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11468.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450428 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 11:45AM