Monument record MDO30407 - Post medieval drainage system, The Moors, Wool

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Summary

The Moors is the name given to an extensive drainage system of post-medieval date lying to the west of East Burton. The system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

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The Moors is the name given to an extensive drainage system of post medieval date lying to the west of East Burton, Wool. The system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 (1), it is still extant (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3066-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2002. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 83767 87034 (693m by 492m) (11 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Wool; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2022 4:51PM

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