Monument record MDO38484 - Historic field boundaries, Cobblestones, Whitchurch Canonicorum

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Summary

Dispersed bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the northwest of Cobblestones. They lie in the vicinity of the settlement of Cookney which is marked at SY 3798 9458 on the OS 1st edition map. The features are considered to be of medieval or later date and were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Full Description

Dispersed bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the northwest of Cobblestones. (1). They lie in the vicinity of the settlement of Cookney which is marked at SY 3798 9458 on the OS 1st edition map and has since been abandoned and levelled. The features are considered to be of medieval or later date and were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. They are associated with a unit of parallel cultivation marks of medieval or later date which are described separately in record MDO38485.


<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3179-80 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14735.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3179-80.

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Location

Grid reference SY 38104 94499 (point) (44 map features)
Map sheet SY39SE
Civil Parish Whitchurch Canonicorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 9:41AM

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