A possible Late Prehistoric to Roman field system is visible in two areas, as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1942 and as a low earthwork on recent lidar imagery, to the north east of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers.
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A possible Late Prehistoric to Roman field system is visible in two areas, as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1942 and as a low earthwork on recent lidar imagery, to the north east of Blackers Hole, Langton Matravers. The earthworks and cropmarks comprise banked field boundaries which form small sub-rectangular fields. They cover an area measuring approximately 475 m by 245 m. (1-2) This site was digitally plotted during the South west Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
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<1> SDO12831
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 07-MAY-1942. RAF HLA/531/RV 6029-30.
Centred SZ 0099 7721 (490m by 260m) (10 map features)
Map sheet
SZ07NW
Civil Parish
Langton Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Sep 6 2013 1:19PM
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