Monument record MDO24185 - Portesham, field system

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Summary

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Portesham Withy Beds. The field system may be prehistoric or medieval in origin.

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A series of parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Portesham Withy Beds {1-2}. The field system may be prehistoric or medieval in origin and may be associated with the Roman occuaption site described in MDO2072. The features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1071-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 21-APR-1984. NMR OS/84038 388-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5896 8596 (334m by 443m) (22 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2012 5:47AM

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