Monument record MDO44911 - Earthworks, Gussage St Michael

A group of medieval or post medieval earthwork features within the village of Gussage St Michael seen on aerial photography from the 1940s and 1970s. These features seem to reflect settlement shrinkage in the post medieval period.

A group of Medieval or Post Medieval earthwork features within the village of Gussage St Michael seen on aerial photography from the 1940s and 1970s. <1-2> (ST 9855 1164).

These features seem to represent settlement shrinkage in the post medieval period. Ditches and earthworks can be seen on aerial photography from 1943 in the Gussage valley to the immediate west of the village. An earthwork platform can be seen in photography from 1979 adjacent to Lower Farm. This platform appears to have a hollow way running along its north east side and may represent some former layout of the village; possibly Medieval. <1-2>

<1> Royal Air Force, 13-JAN-1943, RAF/HLA/651 1133 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18840.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 15-SEP-1979, NMR OS 79120 239 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18949.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: MD002804. (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: Gussage St Michael Survey. Scope & Content: Aerial Survey record. Material held by Aerial Survey.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1520563 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 3:48PM