Monument record MDO31886 - Medieval or later field boundaries, Lulworth Park, East Lulworth

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Summary

A series of linear banked feature are visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are considered likely to be a medieval or later field boundaries predating the landscaping of Lulworth Park.

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A series of linear banked feature are visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are considered likely to be a medieval or later field boundaries predating the landscaping of Lulworth Park (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project, it is still partially visible as extant earthworks on the latest Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2428-29.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0052-3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 84806 82400 (621m by 460m) (21 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish East Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 15 2014 10:09AM

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