Monument record MDO28789 - Late post medieval field boundaries, Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch

An area of possible late post medieval field boundaries and drains is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 to the east of Stanpit Marsh.

An area of possible late post medieval field boundaries and drains is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 to the east of Stanpit Marsh. The earthworks are visible over an area measuring approximately 95 m by 67 m. The possible field boundaries and drains are visible as banks and ditches, oriented north west-south east and south west-north east. They form partial sub-rectangular enclosures measuring up to 27 m by 22 m and may have be the remains of a larger system or fields or drainage. (1) The earthworks appear to fit within the post medieval field system, as shown on the 1st ed OS map . (2) The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3019-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12715.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Jul 16 2013 12:53PM