Monument record MDO42291 - Medieval settlement, Chilfrome

Low earthworks are visible on lidar imagery fields surrounding Chilfrome village. They are considered to be medieval settlement features and field boundaries and include a hollow way running eastward from Holy Trinity Church towards the River Frome. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

SY588988. Several short parallel close banks over around the fishpond, and between the Church and Chilfrome House. Possible fragments of a cottage etc. to the North side of the pond on the Western edge of the village (SY585989). <1-2>

Low earthworks are visible on lidar imagery <3> of fields surrounding Chilfrome village. They are considered to be medieval settlement features and field boundaries and include a hollow way running eastward from Holy Trinity Church towards the River Frome. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

<1> Medieval Settlement Research Group, 1986, Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report, 24 (Monograph). SDO17945.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Chilfrome file) (Unpublished document). SDO19117.

<3> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884291 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 23 2022 1:04PM