This is a video about an extremely weird feature on a map. Huge thanks to Gwenda Yeomans who first pointed this out to me. Much of this video is based on her work. So what exactly are these holes and perhaps more importantly... why did we forgot them in such a short space of time?

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Credit and thanks for assets

Long UK Maps: https://mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom/

Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront

B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio

Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:

OS Maps. Media License.

Stock Footage: Storyblocks

Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist

Old Map: NLS - https://www.nls.uk/

Sources:

Gwenda Yeomans - Thank you!!!!

https://miltonabbashistorygroup.com/parish-bounday/

https://dk.robinson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Goodier%20Boundaries.pdf

https://opcdorset.org/WestParleyFiles/WestParleyHistoryBoundaryMarkers.pdf

https://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/148580/Beating-the-Bounds/pdf/Beating_the_Bounds.pdf

Buckland Newton Perambulation (1758)

Sutton Waldron Estate Map (1770)

Cornucopia Vol 1 – Boundary Holes - Gwenda Yeomans

Not A Cluedo – Boundary Holes Research - Gwenda Yeomans

Chapters:

00:00 - Holes?

01:14 - Experts baffled

03:11 - A Line in the Ground

05:22 - Mapping them

07:54 - Evidence

10:15 - What where they For?

11:30 - The REAL Question!