Monument record MDO31523 - Early modern allotment gardens, Corfe Castle

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Summary

An area of allotment gardens are marked here on the Third Edition OS Map. These early modern allotments are still visible on aerial photographs of Corfe Castle village taken between 1946 and 1970.

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An area of allotment gardens are marked here on the Third Edition OS Map (1). These early modern allotments are still visible on aerial photographs of Corfe Castle village taken between 1946 and 1970 (2-3). They were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck mapping project. The most recent Google Earth imagery shows this area now being under pasture.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1923-33. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2408-09.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0022.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9599 8145 (201m by 64m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2014 12:05PM

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