Monument record MDO25718 - Medieval strip field system, Chickerell

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Summary

Parallel field boundaries are visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Chickerell. They are considered to be the remains of a medieval strip field system which is overlain by later cultivation marks.

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Parallel field boundaries are visible as loe earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Chickerell. They are considered to be the remains of a medieval strip field system {1} which is overlain by later cultivation marks. The features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4464-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12141.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4464-5.

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Grid reference Centred SY 6415 8100 (568m by 323m) (20 map features)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Chickerell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2014 1:53PM

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