Monument record MDO38553 - Historic field boundaries, Knapp Farm Broadwindsor

Two historic banked field boundaries to the southwest of Knapp Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s. The banks are positioned on the crest and southeast facing slope of a low rise in the corner of a field and their slightly curvilinear form may suggest field boundaries of a medieval or later origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Two historic field boundaries to the southwest of Knapp Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s (1) (2) and (3). The banks or lynchets are positioned on the crest and southeast facing slope of a low rise in the corner of a field and their slightly curvilinear form may suggest field boundaries of a medieval or later origin. The site is still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (4). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2335-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14769.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2410-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14770.

<3> Royal Air Force, 11-NOV-1971, RAF/39/3829 V 0237-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14568.

<4> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 11:19AM