Monument record MDO6905 - Medieval farmstead, Knighton, Poole

Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1990 were interpreted as a probable medieval farmstead. Field walking survey revealed a concentration of medieval and post-medieval pottery in this area.

<1> Poole Museums Service List of Field Walking Surveys, PM47 III (Index). SDO14879.

Field: PM47 III. Material: Pottery. Period: Medieval & Post-medieval. Implements/types: N/A. Spread: Concentrations towards east & west ends of field, eastern concentration marked on plan as “H”, crop/parchmarks are evident on aerial photographs of this area.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 114 (Serial). SDO90.

‘THE STOUR VALLEY GRAVELS PROJECT. 1990 INTERIM REPORT … Aerial Photography. Advantage was taken of very dry conditions, in mid summer, to take aerial photographs of the Stour Valley within the Borough of Poole. Several interesting anomalies were detected, consisting of areas of differential parching in pasture land. One such anomaly is in an area from which medieval pottery was recovered from fieldwalking.’

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May 10 2023 3:23PM