Monument record MDO37700 - Medieval settlement, Brinsham Farm, Netherbury

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Summary

A series of parallel earthworks are visible on lidar imagery and aerial photographs in fields to the east and north of Brinsham Farm, Netherbury. They are considered to be settlement features and field boundaries of potentially medieval date. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A series of parallel earthworks are visible on lidar imagery and aerial photographs in fields to the east and north of Brinsham Farm, Netherbury. They are considered to be settlement features and field boundaries of potentially medieval date. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. (1-2). Two linear hollows which run eastwards from the modern settlement may be of natural origin.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy4596ne_dtm_50cm.asc and sy4597se_dtm_50cm.asc.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. 24-MAY-1960. CUCAP AAT74-5.

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Location

Grid reference SY 45797 96990 (point) (285 map features)
Map sheet SY49NE
Civil Parish Netherbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2019 2:41PM

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