Monument record MWX3129 - Post medieval field system, Thornmoor house, Arne

A three-sided rectilinear enclosure and additional field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of heathland to the west of Thornmoor House, Arne. They are considered likely to be the remains of a post medieval field system. They are located in an area noted as newly enclosed on Treswell's map of 1586.

Field bank, south of Scotland Farm. An enclosure bank, enclosing an area on three sides. The field is shown as 'newly-enclosed' on Treswell's Map of 1586. (1)

A three-sided rectilinear enclosure and additional field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (2) and Lidar imagery (3) of heathland to the west of Thornmoor House, Arne. They are considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval field system described above. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Wilmott, M, 1997, Middlebere Plateway, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, 112,763 (Unpublished document). SWX1395.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4402-03 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13647.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4403-04 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13642.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4404-05 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13636.

<3> Geomatics, 2011, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13637.

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Jul 30 2014 1:01PM