An extensive area of trackways, which may be post medieval or early modern in date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Godlingston Heath and Newton Heath, Studland.
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An extensive area of trackways, which may be post medieval or early modern in date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Godlingston Heath and Newton Heath, Studland. The braided trackways are formed of linear ditches and are predominantly oriented north-south and north west-south east. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 3365 m by 980 m. (1-3) These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO12663
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6388-9.
<2> SDO13457
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4397-8.
<3> SDO13648
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4399-4400.
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Centred SZ 0048 8378 (1396m by 3196m) (947 map features)
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SZ08SW
Civil Parish
Studland; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Aug 5 2014 1:03PM
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