Monument record MDO41094 - Historic field boundaries, Merley, Poole

Parallel banked linear features to the northeast of Merley Park are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Parallel banked linear features to the northeast of Merley Park are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features are situated in the northeast corner of Merley Park, which is shown as open parkland on the OS 1st Edition map (2).

The features may be historic field boundaries of possible medieval date, although a later origi is also possible.

The site is now below modern road improvement on current Google Earth imagery. The features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-51, RAF/58/629 V 5098-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16021.

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

Record last edited

Jan 6 2020 11:33AM