Monument record MWX43164 - Boundary earthworks, south of Sarre Wall

Shallow earthworks are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The earthworks are composed of a network of interlinked banks and ditches covering an area 275m (NE-SW) x 225m (NW-SE). They are interpreted as elements of field systems created on land reclaimed from the Wantsum Channel from the 11th century onwards. All features recorded appear to be on similar alignments to the field layout shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping, itself of probable late post-medieval date, and may represent lost elements of this system. Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that they have been plough-levelled [2].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.