Monument record MDO38840 - Historic field boundaries and trackways, Coleplay Cottages, Broadwindsor

Historic ditched and banked field boundaries and possible trackways to the east of Coleplay Cottages, Broadwindsor, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and on the latest Lidar imagery. They are likely to be post medieval in origin, although an earlier date is possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Historic ditched and banked field boundaries and possible post medieval trackways to the east of Coleplay Cottages, Broadwindsor, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and on the latest Lidar imagery (2). The boundaries are located within a wider field pattern of probable medieval origin on the west side of Conegar Hill. They are likely to be post medieval in origin, although an earlier date is possible. The site may include some post medieval field drains. The site is 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 4404-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14823.

<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 12:24PM