Monument record MDO42483 - Medieval strip field system, Wagtail Farm, Higher Wraxall

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Fragments of a probable medieval strip field system with associated ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of 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 strip fields are 20-25m wide and are orientated NW-SE. They were were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project and are still visible although plough-levelled 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. 2017. Google Earth 2017.

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Location

Grid reference ST 5657 0119 (point) (18 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish Wraxall; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2020 2:50PM

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