Monument record MDO38818 - Historic cultivation marks, Potwell Nurseries, Broadwindsor

Parallel ridges showing up as earthworks to the west of Potwell Nurseries, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s and on the latest Lidar imagery may represent historic cultivation marks, possibly post medieval narrow ridge and furrow. The faint linears are not aligned with the current pattern of enclosure but do appear to be located within a wider field pattern of probable medieval origin, potentially suggesting a medieval or later date. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Parallel ridges showing up as earthworks to the west of Potwell Nurseries, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and on the latest Lidar imagery (2) may represent historic cultivation marks, possibly post medieval narrow ridge and furrow. The faint linears extend over two enclosures and are not aligned with the current field pattern. They do appear to be located within a wider field pattern of probable medieval origin, potentially suggesting a medieval or later date. The site has been partially redeveloped by Potwell Nurseries and the marks are not 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 FP 1337-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14824.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4403dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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

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Jul 26 2019 11:57AM