Monument record MDO51423 - Medieval drove road, Boys Hill Drove, Holnest

A medieval drove road, Boys Hill Drove, Longburton, is shown on the OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map published in 1887. The feature is visible as a hedged lane with wide and irregular grassy verges, occupied by a metalled road on aerial photographs dating 1947 and still extant on later aerial photographs and satellite imagery. The west end is partially truncated by modern development.

A medieval drove road, Boys Hill Drove, Longburton, is shown on the OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map published in 1887. The feature is visible as a hedged lane with wide and irregular grassy verges, occupied by a metalled road on aerial photographs dating 1947 and still extant on later aerial photographs and satellite imagery. The west end is partially truncated by modern development (OS 1887; RAF 1947; RAF 1972; GE 2025).

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, Dorset Sheet XII.SW published 1887 (Map). SDO17338.

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

Royal Air Force, xx-xxx-1947, RAF VAP 1974-1195 (Aerial Photograph). SDO22008.

Dorset Council, xx-xxx-1972, VAP 254/96 (Aerial Photograph). SDO22004.

Record last edited

Oct 20 2026 3:39PM