Monument record MDO50640 - Possible medieval field system, ridge and furrow, Marsh Farm, Ibberton

Fragments of a medieval and later field system to the northeast of Marsh Farm, Ibberton, are visible as banked and ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features comprise possible curvilinear field boundaries, which might have been part of an area of medieval strip field, alongside fragments of ridge and furrow cultivation of possible medieval or later date. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Fragments of a medieval and later field system to the northeast of Marsh Farm, Ibberton, are visible as banked and ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features comprise possible curvilinear field boundaries, which might have been part of an area of medieval strip field, alongside fragments of ridge and furrow cultivation of possible medieval or later date. 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/LA200 FP 1069 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21708.

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

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Feb 23 2026 2:31PM