Monument record MDO39642 - Post medieval or early 20th century field boundaries, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Banked and ditched field boundaries in fields to the south of Berry Hill, Bournemouth, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are probably post medieval or early twentieth centuiry in origin and were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

Banked and ditched field boundaries in fields to the south of Berry Hill, Bournemouth, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The boundaries are rectilinear in form and clearly sub-divide once longer linear fields shown on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The form and alignment of the boundaries indicate a probable post medieval or early twentieth century origin, probably associated with sub-division of former medieval strip fields within a larger area of medieval open field.

The linear boundaries are under housing development at Muscliff, Bournemouth on current Google Earth imagery (3). The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3266-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15536.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Google Earth, 2017, Google Earth 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15388.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 3:58PM