Monument record MDO41257 - Possible medieval field boundary, Knighton House, Poole

A banked linear feature to the northeast of Knighton House is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is presumed to be a historic field boundary of possible medieval origin, although a later date is possible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A banked linear feature to the northeast of Knighton House is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprises a short section of narrow curvilinear bank that encloses a small projection of land formed by a curve in the Stour River. The curvilinear form of the feature suggests a historic field boundary of possible medieval date, although a later origin is also possible.

The feature is still visible on a 2014 aerial photograph (2). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RP 3041-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16084.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Record last edited

Jan 6 2020 10:39AM