Monument record MDO47003 - Possible medieval field boundaries and ridge and furrow, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

Ridged and ditched linear features to the northeast of St Mary's Church, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are associated with banked linear boundaries and might be those of ridge and furrow and field boundaries of potentially medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

Ridged and ditched linear features to the northeast of St Mary's Church, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are associated with banked linear boundaries and might be those of ridge and furrow and field boundaries of potentially medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. Some of the features are no longer visible on available Google Earth imagery.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RP 3202.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9410 9639 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 15 2023 12:34PM

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