Monument record MDO31240 - Medieval or later drainage ditches and field boundaries, Steeple

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Summary

Bank and ditched features are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Blackmanston, Steeple. They are conidered to be medieval or later drainage ditches and field boundaries.

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Bank and ditched features are visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Blackmanston, Steeple. They are considered to be medieval or later drainage ditches and field boundaries.(1-3). They are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-JAN-1962. RAF 58/4878 (F21) 0066-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 19-APR-1982. OS/82047 421-2.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA200 2026-7.

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Location

Grid reference SY 91900 80791 (point) (23 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2014 1:40PM

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