Monument record MDO46824 - Medieval to post medieval field boundaries, Winterborne Zelston

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Summary

Banked linear features within fields to the east of Winterborne Zelston, are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

Banked linear features within fields to the east of Winterborne Zelston, are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


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

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2132 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19964.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2132.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9004 9742 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Winterborne Zelston; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 21 2023 8:49AM

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