Monument record MDO41441 - Historic trackway and boundary, Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall

Ditched linear features to the northwest of Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall, are visible on aerial photographs. The features correspond with a historic trackway recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, which also follows the parish boundary line. The trackway is likely to be post medieval in origin, although could date earlier - the parish boundary may be a boundary line of potentially medieval or earlier origin. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear features to the northwest of Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall, are visible on aerial photographs (1-3).

The features correspond with a historic trackway recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, which also follows the parish boundary line (4). The trackway is visible as a cropmark continuing southwest on the far side of Pool Road (3).

The trackway is likely to be post medieval in origin, although could date earlier - the parish boundary may be a boundary line of potentially medieval or earlier origin.

The site is still open fields on current Google Earth imagery and the features are still visible.They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3245-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16134.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5137-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16140.

<3> BKS Surveys Ltd, 07-FEB-68, BKS/3161 V 629402-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16139.

Record last edited

Sep 4 2018 2:46PM