Monument record MDO32016 - Medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow, north of Owermoigne

Four blocks of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and partially as earthworks on lidar imagery to the north of Owermoigne.

Four blocks of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and partially as earthworks on lidar imagery to the north of Owermoigne. The ridges in the two northernmost blocks are oriented north-south. In the two southernmost blocks they are oriented east-west and north-south. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 490 m by 295 m. (1) The north western block is the only area of ridge and furrow visible on recent lidar imagery. (2) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13833.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1047-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13832.

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Oct 21 2014 8:46AM