Monument record MDO38986 - Post medieval cultivation marks, Manderville Stoke Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum

Three units of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the west of Manderville Stoke Farm. The units are ruler straight and may be the result of 19th century steam ploughing although a 20th century origin is possible. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Three units of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to west of Manderville Stoke Farm (1). The spacing between the ridges is 4m so too wide for modern ploughing but much narrower than medieval ridge and furrow. The units are ruler straight and may be the result of 19th century steam ploughing although a 20th century origin is possible. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. The site has been plough-levelled and the ridging is no longer visible on recent Google Earth imagery (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4210-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14828.

<2> Google Earth, 2008, Digital Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14816.

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Jul 26 2019 1:28PM