Banks and ditches forming part of a sub-square enclosure are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Worgret Heath It is considered possible this could be related to modern military activity in this area, although an earlier date for this feature cannot be ruled out either.
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Banks and ditches forming part of a sub-square enclosure, approximately 45m x 47m, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Worgret Heath (1-2). It is considered possible this could be related to modern military activity in this area, although an earlier date for this feature cannot be rule out either. This site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is not visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery, the are now being obscured with dense vegetation.
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<1> SDO13435
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 14-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/194 236-38.
<2> SDO13439
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6407.
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Centred SY 9031 8722 (64m by 68m) (12 map features)
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SY98NW
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Wareham Town; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
Apr 8 2019 1:43PM
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