Monument record MDO31789 - Post medieval field boundaries, Whiteway, East Holme range, Tyneham, Purbeck

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Summary

Rectilinear field banks and ditches to the north of the field system marked on the OS mapping at Whiteway. The features are considered to form an extention of the post medieval field system, they were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

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Rectilinear field banks and ditches to the north of the field system marked on the OS mapping at Whiteway. The features are considered to form an extention of the post medieval field system, they were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1). The site is still identifable as an earthwork on the most recent Google Earth images, it was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4238-9.

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Grid reference Centred SY 87461 82417 (66m by 51m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2014 12:05PM

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