Monument record MDO45655 - Historic field boundary, Lytchett Matravers

A banked linear feature is visible as an earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is considered likely to be a historic field boundary of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A banked linear feature is visible as an earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The feature aligns with the historic field pattern which comprises several narrow rectilinear N-S aligned holdings, as survived in 1946/1947 [1, 2]. It is considered likely to be a historic field boundary of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19437.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19436.

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Feb 20 2023 4:43PM