Monument record MDO38616 - Historic field boundary, Hurst Farm, Broadwindsor

An historic ditched field boundary to the north of Hurst Farm is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and on a Lidar survey of 2010. Its slightly curvilinear form suggests a possible medieval origin, although a later date is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

An historic ditched field boundary to the north of Hurst Farm is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (1) and on a Lidar survey of 2010 (2). Its slightly curvilinear form suggests a possible medieval origin, although a later date is also possible. The broader field pattern at Hurst Farm appears to be broadly medieval in origin but with substantial reorganisation during the post medieval period. The site is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14785.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4003dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 11:26AM