Monument record MDO24147 - Longbredy Farm, field system

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A later prehistoric field system visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

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A later prehistoric field system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1-3} on the south-west facing slopes above Littlebredy Farm. The features form part of an extensive prehistoric field system lying to the south and south-east, they were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The field system has been reused and modified in the medieval period.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 16-FEB-2005. NMR 5988/10 (23811/24).
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3098-9.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 2002. DCC SY5988.

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Grid reference Centred SY 5954 8851 (502m by 529m) (40 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Littlebredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2014 10:22AM

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