Monument record MDO41720 - Historic field boundary, Stapehill, Ferndown Town

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Summary

A linear bank is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 under what is now a trading estate at Cobham Road, Stephill. It is 220m long and considered to be a medieval or post medieval boundary bank or field boundary. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A linear bank is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 under what is now a trading estate at Cobham Road, Stephill (1). It is 220m long and considered to be a medieval or post medieval boundary bank or field boundary. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4107-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16247.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4107-8.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0583 0100 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 11 2018 8:07PM

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