Monument record MDO41745 - Historic field boundary, Summerlug Hill, Holt Heath, Holt

A linear banked feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north/northwest of Summerlug Hill, south of the Holt Road. It is 340m long and considered to be a field boundary of medieval or later date, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A linear banked feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north/northwest of Summerlug Hill, south of the Holt Road. It is 340m long and considered to be a field boundary of medieval or later date, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Royal Air Force, 18-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1845 V 5027-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16255.

Read, Chris, 1988, Letter from Chris Read to Jo Draper dated 22 August 1988 (Verbal communication). SDO21429.

‘Secondly at Holt Heath there is a wasted bank running from about 064 048 – 069 949 (near Summerlug Hill). It is 2ft x 4yd, with a ditch on the south and is similar to the recorded banks on the Heath.’

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Jun 25 2025 11:21AM