Monument record MDO44573 - Probable post medieval field boundary, Tarrant Monkton

A banked and ditched linear feature is visible as cropmarks to the west of Tarrant Monkton on aerial photographs. The feature is very straight and rectilinear in form and appears to overlie part of a later prehistoric trackway (MDO44559) and part of a later prehistoric field system (MDO5081). It is considered likely to be a field boundary of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A banked and ditched linear feature is visible as cropmarks to the west of Tarrant Monkton on aerial photographs [1]. The feature is very straight and rectilinear in form and approximately 372m long, extending between two historic field boundaries. It appears to overlie part of a later prehistoric trackway (MDO44559) and part of a later prehistoric field system (MDO5081). It is considered likely to be a field boundary of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> John Boyden, 01-FEB-1969, JRB 9701/23 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18705.

<2> John Boyden, 12-JUN-1971, JRB 373/4899 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18706.

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Nov 21 2022 3:13PM