Monument record MDO40692 - Historic field system, Witchampton

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Summary

Bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the fields to the south of Dark Lane, Witchampton. The boundaries fit in with the system marked on the OS 1st Edition Map and are considered to be part of a wider medieval or later field system. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

Bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the fields to the south of Dark Lane, Witchampton (1-3). The boundaries fit in with the system marked on the OS 1st Edition Map and are considered to be part of a wider medieval or later field system. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 24-APR-1988, OS/88055 V 097-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15920.

<2> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<3> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 24-APR-1988. OS/88055 V 097-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9865 0597 (point) (11 map features)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Witchampton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 4:22PM

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