Monument record MDO40677 - Possible medieval ridge and furrow, Northleigh Lane, Colehill

An area of historic cultivation on the west side of Northleigh Road, Colehill, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features may be those of medieval ridge and furrow, although a later origin is also possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

An area of historic cultivation on the west side of Northleigh Road, Colehill, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise wide parallel ditches and ridges up to 9m apart with a 1m wide ditch and extending across a historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The features are truncated on their western edge by a sub-square mound (MDO40677) of unidentified date and function but which may be a post medieval or modern garden feature.

The features may be those of medieval narrow ridge and furrow, although a later origin is also possible.

The features are still visible within open fields on 2012 Google Earth imagery (3). They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/uk/1893 RS 4103-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15900.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Google Earth, 01-JUN-2012, Google Earth 2012 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12633.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2018 3:28PM