Monument record MDO44311 - Possible medieval field boundary, Rawstone Farm, Tarrant Rawston

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Summary

A banked curvilinear feature is visible as a low earthwork in a field to the west of Rawstone Farm, of Tarrant Rawston, on an aerial photograph dated 1995. The feature is likely to be a field boundary of probable medieval date, although a later origin is possible. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A banked curvilinear feature is visible as a low earthwork in a field to the west of Rawstone Farm, of Tarrant Rawston, on an aerial photograph dated 1995 and on current lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is likely to be a field boundary of probable medieval date, although a later origin is possible. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-1995, NMR 15397/26 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18059.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 04-SEP-1995. NMR 15397/26.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9370 0676 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Rawston; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 8 2022 10:51AM

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