Monument record MDO41224 - Probable historic field boundaries, Canford Heath, Poole

Banked linear features on Canford Heath are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features on Canford Heath are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise low narrow banks, slightly sinuous in form with some more rectilinear sections. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval date, although their sinuous character may indicate that an earlier origin is possible.

The site is still open heath but under scrubby vegetation on current Google Earth imagery. The features are not visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4201-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16056.

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Jan 6 2020 10:41AM