Monument record MDO49306 - Medieval or post medieval field boundaries, Brockhampton, Buckland Newton

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Summary

A series of bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery in fields to the west and southwest of Brockhampton Green, Buckland Newton. The features are considered likely to be of medieval or post medieval date and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They extend across an area of over 11 hectares and are overlain by fragments of a post medieval drainage system.

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Full Description

Parallel banked field boundaries are visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery to the east of Brockhampton Green, Buckland Newton. The features are considered likely to be of medieval or post medieval date and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They extend across an area of over 2 hectares.(1)


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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7123 0585 (point)
Map sheet ST70NW
Civil Parish Buckland Newton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Mar 11 2026 10:22AM

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