Monument record MDO44280 - Medieval strip field, Shapwick

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A small area of elongated banked fields are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the northweast of Crawford Bridge, Shapwick. They are considered likely to be medieval strip fields or post medieval drainage features. They are still extant and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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A small area of elongated banked fields are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs [1] to the northweast of Crawford Bridge, Shapwick. They are considered likely to be medieval strip fields or post medieval drainage features. They are still extant [2] and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 13-SEP-1982. OS/82203 V 209.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9203 0220 (point)
Map sheet ST90SW
Civil Parish Shapwick; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 5 2022 6:39PM

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