Monument record MDO25727 - Portesham, curvilinear bank

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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is considered likely to be the site of a former trackway or field boundary of probable medieval or later date.

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A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. It is considered likely to be the site of a former trackway or field boundary of probable medieval or later date.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1067-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 60420 85580 (67m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 28 2010 3:25PM

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