Monument record MDO4523 - Medieval cultivation remains around Garlands Farm, Okeford Fitzpaine

ST789107. Information gathered during the planning stages of the Southern Feeder Gas pipeline suggested that the route crossed a Medieval field system. Nothing was noted on the easement during construction. <1>

Two areas of ridge-and-furrow are located at ST783107 and ST785105 on the slopes of a West facing valley. <2>

<1> Catherall, P, Barnett, M, and McClean, H, 1984, The Southern Gas Feeder: the Archaeology of a Gas Pipeline, 196 (Monograph). SDO16637.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 206 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(37) Cultivation Remains. Nothing is known of the open fields of Okeford Fitzpaine ... To the W., S. and E. of Garlands Farm (783107, 785105 and 789107), air photographs show traces of butting furlongs (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974: 2175–77).’

<2.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 2175-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17689.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888648 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2022 1:45PM