Possible field boundaries, which may date to between the late prehistoric and medieval periods, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1945 to the north west of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers.
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Possible field boundaries, which may date to between the late prehistoric and medieval periods, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1945 to the north west of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers. The boundaries are visible as banks forming a large sub-rectangular enclosure with a separate boundary extending to the east from it. They cover an area measuring approximately 215 m by 115 m. (1) This site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (2) This site was digitally plotted during the South west Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
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<1> SDO12824
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 29-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA187 3002-3.
<2> SDO12633
Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 01-JUN-2012. Google Earth 2012.
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Location
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Centred SZ 0032 7696 (298m by 113m) (8 map features)
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SZ07NW
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Langton Matravers; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
Sep 5 2013 11:12AM
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