Monument record MDO42454 - Medieval field system, Holywell, Melbury Bubb

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Summary

Fragments of a medieval field system with associated ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 in fields to the south of Holywell, Frome St Quintin. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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Fragments of a medieval field system with associated ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 in fields to the south of Holywell, Frome St Quintin [1]. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. The ridge and furrow has since been plough levelled but associated linear earthworks are still visible on current Google Earth imagery [2].

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3369.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 16-09-2020. Google Earth imagery 2020.

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Location

Grid reference ST 5941 0409 (point) (44 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish Frome St Quintin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 10:08AM

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