Monument record MDO39021 - Historic field boundary, Fir Farm, Burstock

A ditched historic field boundary to the west of Fir Farm, Burstock, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. It is located within a series of narrow rectilinear enclosures that may fossilise medieval strip fields but the boundary itself is likely to be post medieval in origin, although an earlier date is possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A ditched historic field boundary to the west of Fir Farm, Burstock, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and (2). It is located within a series of narrow rectilinear enclosures that may fossilise medieval strip fields but the boundary itself is likely to be post medieval in origin, although an earlier date is possible. The site is still 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 FS 2407-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14852.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1083-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14777.

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

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 1:34PM