Monument record MDO41498 - Post medieval narrow ridge and furrow, Cowgrove Farm, Pamphill

An area of narrow ridged and ditched cultivation to the southeast of Cowgrove Farm, Pamphill, is visible on aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be those of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

An area of narrow ridged and ditched cultivation to the southeast of Cowgrove Farm, Pamphill, is visible on aerial photographs (1-3).

The features comprise regular parallel ridges set approximately 3m apart with 1.2m wide ditches in between. They occupy the whole of a small irregular historic enclosure recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, whose predominantly curvilinear boundaries are likely to be medieval in origin, with the northwestern boundary likely to be a post medieval addition (4). The form and character of the features suggest probable post medieval narrow ridge and furrow.

The site is under trees on current Google Earth imagery and the features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4152-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16149.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-51, RAF/58/629 V 5123-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16154.

<3> BKS Surveys Ltd, 07-FEB-68, BKS/3161 V 629313-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16162.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2018 2:52PM