Monument record MDO43015 - Medieval ridge and furrow, Church Farm, Batcombe

Areas of ridged and ditched cultivation are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs at Batcombe. The features are considered likely to be those of medieval broad ridge and furrow and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Areas of ridged and ditched cultivation are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs at Batcombe (1, 2). The features are considered likely to be those of medieval broad ridge and furrow and may indicate part of the former medieval open field at Church Farm, Batcombe; the historic field pattern indicates a possible lobe of former open field extending north from Church Farm, which contains a possible medieval moated site (MDO149). The ridge and furrow appears to respect this feature, suggesting the possible moated site pre-dates the ridge and furrow or is broadly contemporary with it. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The features are no longer visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1055-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17011.

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3365-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17010.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2021 2:20PM