Monument record MDO44255 - Medieval strip field system, Charlton Marshall

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Summary

A system of elongated parallel fields is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the northern corner of Charlton Marshall adjacent to the River Stour. Some of the bank and ditched field boundaries are marked on the Ordnanace Survey 1st edition map. It is considered to be the remains of a medieval system of strip fields and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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A system of elongated parallel fields is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the northern corner of Charlton Marshall adjacent to the River Stour [1]. Some of the bank and ditched field boundaries are marked on the Ordnanace Survey 1st edition map [2]. It is considered to be the remains of a medieval system of strip fields and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. c.1880. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map epoch one.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9013 0478 (point)
Map sheet ST90SW
Civil Parish Charlton Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2022 11:24AM

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