Monument record MDO51213 - Possible medieval field system, settlement, Chetnole

Ditched linear earthworks to the northeast of Higher Farm, Chetnole, are visible on aerial photgraphs and lidar imagery. One of the linear earthworks corresponds with a removed field boundary shown OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map published in 1888 and still extant on an aerial photograph dated 1947. The adjacent features might be part of a medieval field system, with patches of ridge and furrow indicated, or even part of an area of shrunken medieval settlement.

Ditched linear earthworks to the northeast of Higher Farm, Chetnole, are visible on aerial photgraphs and lidar imagery. One of the linear earthworks corresponds with a removed field boundary shown OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map published in 1888 and still extant on an aerial photograph dated 1947. The adjacent features might be part of a medieval field system, with patches of ridge and furrow indicated, or even part of an area of shrunken medieval settlement (EA 2022; OS 1888; RAF 1947; DC 1972; GE 2025).

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, Dorset Sheet XXI.NE published 1888 (Map). SDO17338.

Google Earth, 16-04-2025, Google Earth Imagery 2025 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21533.

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

Royal Air Force, xx-xxx-1947, RAF VAP 1974-2056 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21977.

Dorset Council, xx-xxx-1972, VAP 432/23 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21978.

Record last edited

Oct 8 2026 11:55AM