Monument record MDO40834 - Historic field boundaries, Furzehill, Colehill

Dtched linear features in fields on the northwest side of Furzehill, Colehill, are visible on 1940s and 1950s aerial photographs. The features are considered to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval date. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Dtched linear features in fields on the northwest side of Furzehill, Colehill, are visible on 1940sand 1950s aerial photographs (1 and 2).

The features are located within two historic enclosures recorded on the OS 1st Edition map (3). The enclosures encompass Woodleaze and their boundaries are probably at least medieval in origin (3).

The features are narrow and rectilinear in form and are considered likely to be field boundaries of post medieval or early 20th century date.

The site is partially redeveloped as 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 RP 3102-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15955.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-51, RAF/58/629 V 5203-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15956.

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

Record last edited

May 1 2018 2:28PM