Monument record MDO42482 - Medieval strip field system, Wagtail Farm, Higher Wraxall

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Fragments of a probable medieval strip field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs in the vicinity of Wagtail Farm, Higher Wraxall. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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Fragments of a probable medieval strip field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1970 in the vicinity of Wagtail Farm, Higher Wraxall [1]. The slightly curved strip fields are 20-25m wide and are orientated NE-SW. They were were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project and are still visible on Google Earth imagery [2].

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 14-JUN-1970. OS/70216 V 252-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 16-09-2020. Google Earth imagery 2020.

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Location

Grid reference ST 5713 0137 (point) (151 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish Wraxall; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 11:00AM

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