Monument record MDO40769 - Historic field boundaries, Canford Bottom, Colehill

Ditched linear features at Canford Bottom are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of possible post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear features at Canford Bottom are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (Royal Air Force 1946).

The features comprise a series of narrow rectilinear and slightly curvilinear features that align with adjacent field boundaries present on the OS 1st Edition map (2). These boundaries are possibly post medieval in origin, although an earlier date is possible. The features are also considered to be field boundaries of possible post medieval origin, although they may be part of an earlier phase of enclosure in this area.

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

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXV.5 Surveyed: 1885, Published: ca. 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4106-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15935.

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Aug 18 2026 11:27AM