Monument record MDO49502 - Medieval strip field, ridge and furrow, Child Okeford

An extensive area of medieval strip field and associated ridge and furrow cultivation is visible as earthworks to the west of Child Okeford on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features cover around 68 heactares and were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

An extensive area of medieval strip field and associated ridge and furrow cultivation is visible as earthworks to the west of Child Okeford on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; RAF 1947; RAF 1947; EA 2018). Some of the areas are divided by later drainage ditches and/or field boundaries, recorded separately (MDO49503). There appears to have been some loss of features since the 1940s; not all are visible on current lidar imagery.

The features cover around 68 heactares and were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3158 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21495.

Royal Air Force, 16-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1924 RS 4325 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21493.

Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 FS 2331 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21496.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Record last edited

Nov 26 2025 9:02AM