Monument record MDO50072 - Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, Little Ansty, Hilton

Parallel linear features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in fields to the east of Pleck Lane, Little Ansty, Hilton. They are considered likely to be the remains of medieval or post medieval cultivation ridges and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They are associated with ditched field boundaries which may be of medieval or post medieval origin.

Parallel linear features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in fields to the west of Pleck Lane, Little Ansty, Hilton. They are considered likely to be the remains of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation ridges and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They are associated with ditched field boundaries which may be of medieval or post medieval origin.(RAF 1948, EA 2023).

<1> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3342 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21620.

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Jan 18 2026 6:30PM