Monument record MDO45946 - Possible medieval ridge and furrow, Broom Close, Corfe Mullen

Areas of ridged cultivation to the west of Broom's Close, Corfe Mullen, are visible as earthworks on a 1945 aerial photograph. The features appear to be laid out in linear strips within a larger historic field and may be those of ridge and furrow cultivation of possibly medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. A linear banked field boundary of probable contemporary date is also visible dividing two of the linear areas. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Areas of ridged cultivation to the west of Broom's Close, Corfe Mullen, are visible as earthworks on a 1945 aerial photograph [1]. The features appear to be laid out in linear strips within a larger historic field and may be those of ridge and furrow cultivation of possibly medieval date, although a later origin is also possible. A linear banked field boundary of probable contemporary date is visible dividing two of the linear areas on the same 1945 aerial photograph and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The cultivation marks are no longer visible on current lidar imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 08-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3068 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19466.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Mar 21 2023 12:02PM