Monument record MDO25609 - Rodden, strip field system

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Summary

A medieval strip field system with associated ridge and furrow cultivation is visible as earthworks at Higher Farm, Rodden. The parallel features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948.

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A medieval strip field system with associated ridge and furrow cultivation is visible as earthworks at Higher Farm, Rodden. The parallel features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 {1} and were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4291-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12116.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4291-2.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6118 8443 (182m by 270m) (23 map features)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2012 5:28AM

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