Monument record MDO39875 - Possible historic field boundaries, possible medieval strip field, Gussage All Saints

A series of narrow ditched linear features are visible as cropmarks to the northeast of Gussage All Saints on a 1995 aerial photograph. The features may be historic field boundaries of medieval or post medieval origin or alternatively may repressent an area of early medieval to medieval strip field. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A series of narrow ditched linear features are visible as cropmarks to the northeast of Gussage All Saints on a 1995 aerial photograph (1). The features may be historic field boundaries of medieval or post medieval origin. The linear features are aligned broadly east to west and lie broadly parallel at random intervals. They run across the grain of the historic field pattern. Some of the ditched linears may represent trackways. It is also possible that the features represent medieval strip field boundaries.

The features are within a cropped field and some are visible on a 2009 vertical aerial photograph (2).

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-95, NMR 15314/06 (SU0110/008) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15644.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

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Feb 7 2018 1:18PM