Monument record MDO44929 - Medieval field system, Stourpaine

A series of parallel bank features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Frances Oak Coppice, Stourpaine. The banked features extend northwards from the coppice where they appear to form a trackway wiith perpendicular field boundaries. The features cover an area of 20 hectares and include a small area immediately south of the allotments at te south of the village. They are considered to be the remains of a medieval field system including strip fields and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

A series of parallel bank features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Frances Oak Coppice, Stourpaine [1]. The banked features extend northwards from the coppice where they appear to form a trackway wiith perpendicular field boundaries. The features cover an area of 20 hectares and include a small area immediately south of the allotments at the south of the village. They are considered to be the remains of a medieval field system including strip fields and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The features are likely to be an extension of the systems described in MDO4807 and MDO4820, some may be reused prehistoric boundaries.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Dec 1 2022 5:18PM