Monument record MDO40616 - Possible historic field boundaries, Stone, Pamphill

Banked and ditched linear features to the northwest of Stone Farm are visible on 1940's aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic field boundaries of possible medieval date. They may incorporate features associated with the medieval hamlet of Stone (MDO33176). The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Banked linear features to the northwest of Stone Farm are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1). The features are typically broad and curvilinear in form, creating sinous scarps and banks that enclose irregular tracts of land. The features appear to underlie areas of probable medieval ridge and furrow (MDO40617) and are presumed to be historic field boundaries of probable medieval date. They may incorporate natural breaks in slope and might possibly be earthwork features associated with the medieval hamlet of Stone (MDO33176). An aerial photograph of 1951 shows significant boundary change and agricultural reorganisation (2). The site is ploughed and cropped fields on current Google Earth imagery, with significant boundary removal. The features are no longer visible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Aug 28 2019 11:19AM