Monument record MDO30400 - Undated field boundaries, Woodman's Cross, Coombe Keynes
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Summary
A series of dispersed bank and ditched linear features are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs in fields to the south-west of Woodman's Corner. They run in a roughly NNE-SSW direction and may be fragments of a larger coherant field system of uncertain date.
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(Centred SY 84938580) Undated field system, under grass, comprising small field banks and lynchets. <1>
No trace of alleged field system on air photograph although rig-and-furrow covers most of the delineated area. <2>
A series of dispersed bank and ditched linear features are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs in fields to the south-west of Woodman's Corner. They run in a roughly NNE-SSW direction and may be fragments of a larger coherant field system of uncertain date <3>. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 10-SEP-52.
- <2> SWX2301 Unpublished document: Mead, Richard. Field Investigators Comments RPM. R1 RPM 24-2-81.
- <2.1> SDO13236 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1036-7.
- <3> SDO13246 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 V1 0027-8.
- <4> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455335.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 84311 85314 (247m by 426m) (9 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY88NW |
Civil Parish | Coombe Keynes; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 NW 19
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455335
Record last edited
Oct 12 2023 3:23PM