Monument record MDO25471 - Waddon Farm, linear ditches

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Summary

A group of linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features appear to respect the modern field pattern and are considered likely to be drainage ditches or field boundaries of post medieval or later date.

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A group of linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs {1-2}. The features appear to respect the modern field pattern and are considered likely to be drainage ditches or field boundaries of post medieval or later date. Alternatively they could also be the remains of trackways. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 1-2-1968. MAL 68052-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1065-7.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 62186 85154 (396m by 448m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2012 12:10PM

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