Linear banks are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs. The features appear to respect the modern field pattern and are considered most likely to be trackways of medieval or later date.
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Linear banks are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs {1-2}. The features appear to respect the modern field pattern and are considered most likely to be trackways of medieval or later date. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO11849
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3299-3300.
<2> SDO11906
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5.
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Centred SY 60652 87035 (491m by 296m) (5 map features)
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SY68NW
Civil Parish
Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
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Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Mar 5 2012 3:17AM
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