Monument record MDO51071 - Post Medieval field system and possible deserted settlement, Bradford Abbas

A group relict post medieval field boundaries surviving as extant earthworks, potentially including an area of earthworks relating to a deserted settlement.

A system of post medieval field boundaries are visible in LiDAR imagery and aerial photographs, and recent satellite imagery. The boundaries are not depicted on the c. 1880 OS map, and pre-date the railway. Centred at ST 5797 1413 is an area of smaller polygonal enclosures, east-west aligned ridge and furrow, and possibly also a ring ditch, possibly indicating the presence of a deserted medieval or post medieval settlement. <1-5>

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

<2> Dorset Council, 1972, 254/156 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21966.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth 2006 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Somerset XC.6 (Map). SDO10239.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Somerset XC.2 (Map). SDO10239.

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Sep 18 2026 11:21AM