Monument record MDO38955 - Historic field boundaries, Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries are visible as earthworks to the north and northwest of Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s. Their slightly curvilinear form suggest a possible medieval origin, although a post medieval date is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries are visible as earthworks to the north and northwest of Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and on the latest Lidar imagery (2). Their slightly curvilinear form suggest a possible medieval origin and they appear to sub divide a larger enclosure, also of probable medieval origin, possibly one of a series of fossilised medieval strips. As they sub divide this, however, a post medieval date is also possible. 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 4404-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14823.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4402dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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Jul 26 2019 1:24PM