Monument record MDO40520 - Historic field boundaries, Burton

Ditched and banked linear and curvilinear features at Burton are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval and/or post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched and banked linear and curvilinear features on the south side of Footners Lane, Burton, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (1 and 2).

The earthworks divide a large historic enclosure present on the OS 1st Edition map (3). The arrangement of trees within this enclosure indicate former division prior to, and out of use by, the late 19th century (3). The features comprise linear and curvilinear banks and ditches that form a series of irregular enclosures, some of which conform with the arrangement of trees, and also possibly trackways that interlink with these. They are considered to be historic field boundaries of probable medieval origin, although a post medieval date for some of the features is possible.

The site is under housing on current Google Earth imagery and the features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4220-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15838.

<2> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RP 3275-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15841.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 4:20PM