Monument record MDO31720 - Medieval or later trackways, Povington Heath, Tyneham, Purbeck

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Medieval or later trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945-6 running NE-SW on Povington Heath.

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Medieval or later trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945-6 running NE-SW on Povington Heath (1-2). Features run to either side of the barrows described in MDO8081-2 and are still partially visible as earthworks on recent Google Earth imagery. They 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 4419-20.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA105 1033-4.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 88045 84134 (124m by 165m) (10 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2014 8:51AM

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