Monument record MDO50984 - Probable medieval field system, Castleton, Sherborne

A series of curvilinear banked lynchets are visible as earthworks to the west of Sherborne on lidar and satellite imagery and aerial photographs. The features potentially form part of a medieval field system, some corresponding with now removed field boundaries present on the OS Epoch 1 6 inch to the mile map published in 1887. A small area of possible ridge and furrow is also visible in the southwest corner of the area.

A series of curvilinear banked lynchets are visible as earthworks to the west of Sherborne on lidar and satellite imagery and aerial photographs. The features potentially form part of a medieval field system, some corresponding with now removed field boundaries present on the OS Epoch 1 6 inch to the mile map published in 1887 (OS 1887. A small area of possible ridge and furrow is also visible in the southwest corner of the area (DC 1947; EA 2022; GE 2009; GE 2020).

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, Somerset Sheet LXXXIII.SE (Map). SDO11924.

Surveyed: 1886, Published: 1887

Google Earth, 16-09-2020, Google Earth imagery 2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16840.

Google Earth, 2009, Google Earth 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

Royal Air Force, xx-xx-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 2142-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21884.

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Aug 18 2026 1:16PM