Monument record MDO38325 - Historic trackway and field boundaries, Lower Moorbath Farm, Symondsbury

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Summary

A double ditched trackway and series of parallel field boundaries of medieval or later date are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the southwest of Lower Moorbath Farm. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A double ditched trackway and series of parallel field boundaries, of medieval or later date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the southwest of Lower Moorbath Farm (1-3). This is an area marked as Orchard on the OS 1st edition map however an earlier medieval date for the strip fields is possible. The features were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4171-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 05-MAR-2000. OS/00978 V 0015-6.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile. SY4395.ecw.

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Location

Grid reference SY 43125 95337 (point) (10 map features)
Map sheet SY49NW
Civil Parish Symondsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2019 4:07PM

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