Monument record MDO3505 - Ridge and furrow, Winterborne Tomson, Anderson

A block of ridge and furrow, the remains of the former medieval open field system around the hamlet of Winterborne Tomson, which was a parish in its own right until 1933 when it was amalgamated with Anderson. The original extent and date of enclosure of the open fields is uncertain. A block of medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947, it has since been levelled and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

'(7) CULTIVATION REMAINS.
Both former parishes apparently had open fields but nothing is known of the date of enclosure. Only in Tomson are there any remains; 360 yds. N. of St. Andrew's Church (884977) is a block of ridge-and-furrow, 250 yds. Long and 280 yds. Wide, cut on the E. by the present field boundary'. (1)
A block of medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947, it has since been levelled and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 8 (Monograph). SDO146.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2128 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19899.

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Jun 24 2023 7:14PM