Monument record MDO40940 - Possible post medieval farmstead, Lower Row, Holt

The footprint of a possible post medieval farmstead is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs. Buildings, an access road and adjacent enclosures are recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map, but not named. They features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

The footprint of a possible post medieval farmstead is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The cropmark echoes the footprint of two buildings, an access road and adjacent enclosure or yard, recorded but not named on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The site was demolished and lost somewhere between the late 1880s and 1947 (1). The buildings are considered likely to reflect a settlement or farmstead of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible.

The site is within a large modern enclosure on current Google Earth imagery, which reflects substantial historic boundary loss since the late 19th century. The field is under pasture and the features are no longer visible.

They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4182-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15979.

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

Record last edited

May 15 2018 10:48AM