Monument record MDO49759 - Possible medieval field boundaries, Shillingstone

Two linear features are visible as ditched and banked earthworks to the east of Shillingstone on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features might be field boundaries and/or a drainage ditch of medieval to possibly post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Two linear features are visible as ditched and banked earthworks to the east of Shillingstone on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features might be field boundaries and/or a drainage ditch of medieval to possibly post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

The ditched linear is now under modern housing. The banked linear is still visible on current lidar imagery.

Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 FP 1327 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21505.

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

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Dec 2 2025 10:24AM