Monument record MDO50032 - Medieval field system, Park, Turnworth

Part of a medieval field system at Park, Turnworth, is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features merge into later prehistoric fields towards the west, where distinguishing between the two periods of activity becomes more difficult. Earlier features might also underlay later ones at the eastern and southeastern edges. The features incorporate an area of Turnworth's former medieval open field recorded under MDO5175. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Part of a medieval field system at Park, Turnworth, is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features comprise field boundaries and trackways as well as areas of ridge and furrow cultivation. The features incorporate an area of Turnworth's former medieval open field recorded under MDO5175. Towards the western side of Park, the features merge into later prehistoric fields towards the west, where distinguishing between the two periods of activity becomes more difficult. Earlier features might also underlay later ones at the eastern and southeastern edges. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 RS 4025 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21601.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4169 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21600.

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

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Jan 9 2026 12:48PM