Monument record MDO38543 - Medieval or later field boundaries, Templeman's Ash, Broadwindsor

Two medieval or later banked field boundaries to the north of Templeman's Ash are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1970s. Their irregular curvilinear form suggests a medieval origin, although a later date is possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Two curvilinear banked field boundaries to the north of Templeman's Ash are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1970s (1). The boundaries are slightly irregular in form and potentially suggest later sub-division of an area of medieval enclosure, although potentially still of relatively early date. The easternmost boundary is overlain by a straight linear ditched feature (MDO38544), which indicates a post medieval or later boundary. There has been significant boundary removal within this area since the 1970s and these two boundaries are no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 06 OCT 1971, RAF/39/3800 V 0106-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14765.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 11:18AM