Monument record MDO41436 - Possible medieval strip field, Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall

Banked curvilinear features to the northeast of Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall, are visible on current Lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval date, possibly an area of medieval strip field. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked curvilinear features to the northeast of Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall, are visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The features are broad and slightly sinuous in form. They are situated broadly parallel to one another on a N to SE axis, with one linear perpendicular to the others on a SSW to NNE axis.

The form and organisation of the features suggests historic field boundaries of probable medieval date, possibly an area of medieval strip field.

The features were digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Environment Agency, xxx-xxx-2015, Geomatics Lidar DSM 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO16012.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2018 3:40PM