Monument record MDO39652 - Historic field boundaries, Quomp Copse, Hurn, Christchurch

Two historic ditched field boundaries to the southeast of Quomp Copse are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. These are considered likely to be post medieval or earlier in origin, although a later date is also possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

Two historic ditched field boundaries to the southeast of Quomp Copse are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The field boundaries are straight and rectilinear in form and aligned with adjacent historic enclosures shown on the OS 1st Edition ma, which they sub-divide (2). They are likely to be medieval or post medieval in origin, although a later date is possible.

The features are clearly visible as earthworks under pasture on Google Earth imagery of 2012 (2) and are still visible on current Google Imagery (3). The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3215-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15540.

<2> Google Earth, 01-JUN-2012, Google Earth 2012 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12633.

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

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Oct 13 2017 12:07PM