Monument record MDO40422 - Undated trackway of field boundary, Matterley Cottages, Woodlands

A linear ditched feature is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running for 200m in a southwest direction towards the corner of a modern field to the north of Matterley Cottages. It is considered to be a trackway or field boundary of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

SU 0224 0935. An interrupted linear ditch, probably representing a Prehistoric or Roman field boundary, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The ditch is straight, and about 182m long. A similar parallel possible field boundary appears to the south (SU 00 NW 102). <1>

A linear ditched feature is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running for 200m in a southwest direction towards the corner of a modern field to the north of Matterley Cottages <1>. It is considered to be a trackway or field boundary of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/49 (NMR SU 0209/28) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15728.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409967 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 1:54PM