Monument record MDO46044 - Possible medieval field boundary, Corfe Mullen

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Summary

A curvilinear banked feature to the north of Himmon Copse Corfe Mullen, is visible as an earthwork on a 1947 aerial photograph and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is considered likely to be a historic field boundary of possible medieval date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A curvilinear banked feature to the north of Himmon Copse Corfe Mullen, is visible as an earthwork on a 1947 aerial photograph and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is considered likely to be a historic field boundary of possible medieval date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5141.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9767 9794 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Corfe Mullen; Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 12:24PM

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