Monument record MDO38956 - Post medieval narrow ridge and furrow, Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor

A unit of narrow ridged cultivation marks is visible as earthworks to the southwest of Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s. Its form suggests a probable post medieval origin, probably the result of steam ploughing, but an eary 20th century date is also possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A unit of narrow ridged cultivation marks is visible as earthworks to the southwest of Providence Cottage, Broadwindsor, on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). Its form suggests a probable post medieval origin, probably the result of steam ploughing, but an eary 20th century date is also possible. The cultivation ridges appear to extend across a banked field boundary, possible a relict medieval strip boundary (MDO38958). The site is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). 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.

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Jul 26 2019 1:24PM