Monument record MDO29601 - Possible prehistoric lynchet, Holton Heath, Wareham St Martin

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Summary

A single bank is seen as a crop mark on aerial photographs taken in 1947 to the east of Holton Heath. Due to its broad but linear shape it is possibly a ploughed out prehistoric lyntchet.

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A single bank is seen as a crop mark running east to west on aerial photographs taken in 1947 to the east of Holton Heath (1). Due to its broad but linear shape (140m by 14m) it is possibly a ploughed out prehistoric lyntchet. The 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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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5017-19.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 15-OCT-2010. CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9653 9102 (150m by 38m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY99SE
Civil Parish Wareham St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2013 2:24PM

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