Monument record MDO25952 - Elworth Withy Bed, medieval settlement

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The probable remains of a medieval deserted settlement are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north-east of Elworth Withy Bed.

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The probable remains of a medieval deserted settlement are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north-east of Elworth Withy Bed{1-3}. The site comprises a series of nine or ten small rectilinear enclosures or house platforms and fragments of field boundaries all of which were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 01-FEB-1968. MAL 6804 004-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3321-2.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4289-90.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5935 8487 (226m by 261m) (17 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2012 5:28AM

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