A series of trackways criss-crossing fields to the west of Part Square Plantation are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. These features are considered likely to be associated with Second World War military military activity in this area (see MDO30174), although an earlier, historic origin for some of these trackways cannot be ruled out either.
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A series of trackways criss-crossing fields to the west of Part Square Plantation are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs (1-3). These features are considered likely to be associated with Second World War military military activity in this area (see MDO30174), although an earlier, historic origin for some of these trackways cannot be ruled out either. They were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (3)
<1> SDO13201
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA/105 1043-44.
<2> SDO13203
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5058-59.
Centred SY 8862 8947 (646m by 1100m) (73 map features)
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SY88NE
Civil Parish
Wareham St Martin; Dorset
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Dorset
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None recorded
Record last edited
Feb 6 2014 2:08PM
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