Monument record MDO40985 - Probable post medieval trackways, Pig Oak, Holt

Ditched curvilinear features in fields to the north of Pig Oak are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be historic trackways of probable post medieval date, although some features may alternatively be historic field boundaries of potentially medieval origin. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched curvilinear features in fields to the north of Pig Oak are visible on aerial photographs (1 and 2).

The features comprise a series of narrow curvilinear ditches that extend across a number of irregular historic enclosures recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose predominantly curvilinear field boundaries indicate a probable medieval origin (3). The features are considered likely to be historic trackways of probable post medieval date but it is possible that some of the features are alternatively historic field boundaries. In that case their curvilinear form may indicate a possible medieval origin.

The site is still fields on current Google Earth imagery but under ploughing and cropping. The features are visible in some years. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3103-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15953.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 24-JUL-95, OS/95633 V 209-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15987.

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

Record last edited

May 16 2018 3:30PM