Monument record MDO41447 - Historic field boundary, Sturminster Marshall

Banked linear features to the east of Sturminster Marshall are visible on current Lidar imagery. The feature is considered likely to be a historic field boundary, possibly medieval in origin, although a later date is also possible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features to the east of Sturminster Marshall are visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The features comprise two short sections of broad, slightly curvilinear bank that run parallel to, and approximately 48m northeast of, a sinuous historic field boundary recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose character suggests a probable medieval origin (2).

The feature is considered likely to also be a historic field boundary, possibly medieval in origin, although a later date is also possible.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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

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

Record last edited

Aug 23 2018 11:05AM