Monument record MDO40025 - Historic field bundaries, Brockington, Woodlands

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Summary

Ditched and banked linear features to the east of Brockington Farm are visible as earthworks on 1990s aerial photographs. The features are likely to be field boundaries of medieval and/or post medieval origin.The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Ditched and banked linear features to the east of Brockington Farm are visible as earthworks on 1990s aerial photographs (1). The features are likely to be field boundaries of medieval and/or post medieval origin, probably assoicated with the former Charlton Dairy Farm to the south, shown on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The features are still visible on current Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 24-JUL-95. OS95633 V 170.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0270 1071 (point) (7 map features)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Woodlands; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 15 2023 1:37PM

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