Monument record MDO38007 - Historic field boundary or trackway, Mintern's Hill, Beaminster

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Summary

A banked field boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running north-west across a field on Mintern's Hill. It runs up to a field boundary marked on the OS 1st edition map and may be of medieval or post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A banked field boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running north-west across a field on Mintern's Hill (2). It runs up to a field boundary marked on the OS 1st edition map (1) and may be of medieval or post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. The feature forms part of a long linear in the landscape which forms the south-western edge of Beaminster Down and continues along Crabb's Barn Lane.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 17-APR-1973, OS OS/73085 075-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14515.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 17-APR-1973. OS OS/73085 075-6.

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Location

Grid reference ST 48895 03548 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet ST40SE
Civil Parish Beaminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 25 2019 2:55PM

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