Monument record MDO49577 - Medieval ridge and furrow, post medieval orchard, Okeford Fitzpaine

Areas of ridged cultivation marks are visible as earthworks to the west of Okeford Fitzpaine on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. Some of the features lie within narrow field plots shown as orchard on the OS 1st Epoch map of c1880, but which were probably former medieval strips fields. The features are probably a mix of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation and possibly post medieval orchard ridges. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Areas of ridged cultivation marks are visible as earthworks to the west of Okeford Fitzpaine on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; EA 2018). Some of the features lie within narrow field plots shown as orchard on the OS 1st Epoch map of c1880 (OS c1880), but which were probably former medieval strips fields. The features are probably a mix of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation and possibly post medieval orchard ridges. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2174 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21512.

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

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Nov 24 2025 4:13PM