Monument record MDO50173 - Undated field system, Cheselbourne

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Summary

A series of parallel bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery running along the contour of the dry valley running north of Cheselbourne village. The boundaries may be of prehistoric or medieval origin and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

A series of parallel bank and ditched field boundaries are visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery (EA 2023) running along the contour of the dry valley running north of Cheselbourne village. The boundaries may be of prehistoric or medieval origin and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.
(EA 2023).


Ordnance Survey, 13-MAR-1995, OS/95033 112 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21671.

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

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2026, 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550 (Machine readable data file). SDO21762.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 13-MAR-1995. OS/95033 112.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2026. 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550. [Mapped features: #708145 ; #708146 ; #708149 ; #708151 ; #708152 ; #708153 ; #708154 ; #708155 ; #708156 ; #708157 ; #708158 ; #708164 ; #708165 ; #708166 ; #708167 ; #708168 ; #708169 ; #708170 ; #708171 ; #708172 ; #708173 ; #708174 ; #708175 ; #708176 ; #708177 ; #708178 ; #708179 ; #708180 ; #708181 ; #708182 ; #708183 ; #708184 ; #708185 ; #712514 ; #722474 ]

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Location

Grid reference ST 7554 0090 (point) (36 map features)
Map sheet ST70SE
Civil Parish Cheselbourne; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jun 4 2026 11:52AM

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