Monument record MDO45640 - Historic field boundaries and trackway, Boker's Farm, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

Linear banked field boundaries and an associated trackway at Boker's Farm, Lytchett Matravers are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are narrow and linear and form a coherent group of field boundaries of potentially post medieval date, although some may be earlier in origin. The features appear to overlie earlier cultivation marks that extend across the northern most field, potentially medieval ridge and furrow (MDO45639) - although it is possible that they are all part of a contemporary field system. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

Linear banked field boundaries and an associated trackway at Boker's Farm, Lytchett Matravers are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1-3]. The features are narrow and linear and form a coherent group of field boundaries of potentially post medieval date, although some may be earlier in origin. The features appear to overlie earlier cultivation marks that extend across the northern most field, potentially medieval ridge and furrow (MDO45639) - although it is possible that they are all part of a contemporary field system. None of the features are documented on any historic mapping sources. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.They are no longer visible on 2021 APGB imagery.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3070.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9569 9646 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 17 2023 3:09PM

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