Monument record MDO41472 - Historic field boundaries, Corfe Mullen

Banked linear features at Corfe Mullen are visible on current Lidar imagery. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries, probably post medieval in date although an earlier origin is possible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features at Corfe Mullen are visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The features are broad and rectilinear in form. They are situated within a large irregular historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map whose sinuous boundaries are probably medieval in origin (2). The features align on a more regular, and probably later, field boundary adjacent to the west and are considered likely to also be historic field boundaries, probably of post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible.

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

<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

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

Record last edited

Aug 24 2018 12:13PM