Monument record MDO38569 - Historic field boundaries Swilletts Farm, Stoke Abbott

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Summary

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries to the southwest of Swilletts Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Historic banked and ditched field boundaries to the southwest of Swilletts Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s (1) and (2). They run parallel to each along the contour line, which may suggest strip field boundaries of medieval origin, although a later date is possible.The site is still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11 APR 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2409-10.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 06 OCT 1971. RAF/39/3800 V 0108-9.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2006. Google Earth vertical photograph.

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Location

Grid reference ST 42133 01408 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Stoke Abbott; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:21AM

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