Monument record MDO38596 - Historic field boundaries, Smith's Farm Cottages, Wootton Fitzpaine

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Summary

A series of linear bank and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the north of Smith's Farm Cottages. The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of medieval or later date. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A series of linear bank and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the north of Smith's Farm Cottages. The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of medieval or later date. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. The features have since been plough-levelled and are no longer visible as earthworks on Google Earth imagery (2).


<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4184-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14784.

<2> Google Earth, 2010, Vertical Aerial Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14600.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4184-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2010. Vertical Aerial Photograph.

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Location

Grid reference SY 34622 95448 (point) (74 map features)
Map sheet SY39NW
Civil Parish Wootton Fitzpaine; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:24AM

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