Monument record MDO43075 - Possible medieval field boundaries, Frome St Quintin

Banked curvilinear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs to the east of Frome St Quintin. The features are thought likely to be historic field boundaries, possibly of medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. One of the linear banks appears truncated by a later gravel pit (MDO43074). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Banked curvilinear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs to the east of Frome St Quintin (1, 2). The features are thought likely to be historic field boundaries, possibly of medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. One of the linear banks appears truncated by a later gravel pit (MDO43074). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The features are still visible as partial earthworks on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 15-APR-45, RAF/106G/LA/218 FS 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1057-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17003.

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Feb 16 2021 3:43PM