Monument record MDO31389 - Post medieval cultivation marks, New Mills Heath, Corfe Castle

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Summary

A group of linear ridges and furrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of New Mills Heath taken in 1946. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval cultivation marks.

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A group of linear ridges and furrows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of New Mills Heath, Corfe Castle taken in 1946 (1). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval cultivation marks. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4404-05.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 1992. Middlebere, Corfe Castle Estate, Dorset. Wessex Region. 19.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9639 8425 (118m by 58m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 4 2021 7:03PM

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