Monument record MDO41175 - Possible post medieval field boundary, Canford Magna, Poole

A banked curvilinear feature in fields to the south of Canford Magna are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is presumed to be a historic field boundary of possible post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A banked curvilinear feature in fields to the south of Canford Magna are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature sub-divides a historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map whose boundaries include some of sinuous and irregular character that may be medieval in origin; the southwest boundary is straighter and more regular and may be later, possibly post medieval in date (2). The curvilinear form of the feature may also indicate a historic field boundary, possibly of medieval date, although a later origin for this feature is also possible.

The site is a modern factory or works on current Google Earth imagery and the feature is no longer visible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3256-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16048.

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

Record last edited

Jan 6 2020 10:47AM