Monument record MDO31528 - Historic cultivation marks or drainage ditches, Corfe Castle

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Summary

A group of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Corfe Castle village. They are considered likely to be the remains of histoic cultivation marks or post medieval drainage ditches.

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A group of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Corfe Castle village (1). They are considered likely to be the remains of histoic cultivation marks or post medieval drainage ditches. 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 2408-09.

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Grid reference Centred SY 9612 8143 (85m by 103m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY98SE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2014 1:04PM

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