Monument record MDO24554 - Poxwell, strip field system

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Summary

A medieval strip field system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south-east of Poxwell.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A medieval strip field system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south-east of Poxwell {1-2}. The parallel field banks were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. A field boundary located immediately to the east of the features described above in (1-2) and visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, may be part of the same medieval field system. The field boundary is formed of a bank and extends east-west for a distance of 150 m. (3) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 3277-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4443-4.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2. 263.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7476 8377 (731m by 351m) (25 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Civil Parish Poxwell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 18 2017 2:10PM

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