Monument record MDO38748 - Historic field boundaries, Hursey, Broadwindsor

Historic ditched field boundaries to the west of Hursey, Broadwindsor, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and on the latest Lidar imagery. Their slightly curvilinear form and alignment suggest a possible medieval origin, although a later date is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries to the west of Hursey, Broadwindsor, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and on the latest Lidar imagery (2). The broad, slightly curvilinear, nature of the boundaries and their alignment with a wider field pattern of probable medieval origin may indicate contemporaneity, although a post medieval date is also possible. The boundaries are still 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 FS 2408-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14776.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4302dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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

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Jul 26 2019 11:45AM