Monument record MDO48307 - Medieval field system, Bagber Farm, Milton Abbas

Parallel field boundaries and associated cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 and on lidar imagery to the northwest of Bagber Farm, Milton Abbas. They are considered likely to be the remains of a medieval field system associated with the medieval settlement of Bagber (MDO4452), the cultivation marks have since been levelled. The features were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

Parallel field boundaries and associated cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 (1) and on lidar imagery (2) to the northwest of Bagber Farm, Milton Abbas. They are considered likely to be the remains of a medieval field system associated with the medieval settlement of Bagber (MDO4452), the cultivation marks have since been levelled. The features were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2115 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20839.

<2> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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Oct 20 2024 6:10PM