Monument record MDO50638 - Possible medieval ridge and furrow, Mount Pleasant Farm, Woolland

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Summary

Two areas of possible medieval ridge and furrow cultivation and a possible medieval field boundary are visible as banked earthworks to the east of Mount Pleasant Farm on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

Two areas of possible medieval ridge and furrow cultivation and a possible medieval field boundary are visible as banked earthworks to the east of Mount Pleasant Farm on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4174 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21736.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA200 FP 1070 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21707.

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

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA200 FP 1070.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4174.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7730 0795 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Woolland; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 23 2026 12:25PM

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