Monument record MDO20757 - Whitcombe Down: Field boundaries

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Summary

Ditched field boundaries visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, probably prehistoric in date.

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A ditched field system visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Some of this area has been excavated and is recorded by the NMR as being an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement (NMR 454082) and it is possible that these features may be associated with this settlement. {1-3}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 05-MAR-1969. NMR SY 7188/7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4008-10.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4263-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 71205 87926 (399m by 395m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Whitcombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 9 2010 1:29PM

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