Monument record MDO50628 - Medieval and later field system, Woolland

A field system of medieval to post medieval date on the southwest side of Woolland is visible as banked and ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A field system of medieval to post medieval date on the southwest side of Woolland is visible as banked and ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features comprise linear and curvilinear field boundaries and possibly trackways, with some traces of possible ridge and furrow cultivation visible on lidar (EA 2018). The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21726.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA 200 FP 1068 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21695.

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

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Feb 20 2026 12:03PM