Monument record MDO39772 - Medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow, Harts Farm, Horton

A field of slightly curved, narrow ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in the vicinity of Harts Farm, Horton. The features are considered to be medieval or later in date and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A field of slightly curved, narrow ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in the vicinity of Harts Farm, Horton (1). The features are considered to be medieval or later in date and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The features have been levelled by ploughing and pasture improvements and are no longer visible on more reecent recent vertical photographs (2-3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3086-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15619.

<2> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 25-JUL-1988, OS/85188 V 052-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15620.

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Jan 26 2018 7:19PM