Possible medieval or post medieval field boundaries or cultivation ridges, or field boundaries, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of Galton and north east of Owermoigne.
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Possible medieval or post medieval cultivation ridges, or field boundaries, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of Galton and north east of Owermoigne. The earthworks consist of parallel linear banks, some with associated ditches, oriented east-west. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 400 m by 300 m. (1) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO13780
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1046-7.
<2> SDO10799
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6430-1.
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Centred SY 7750 8547 (451m by 316m) (13 map features)
Map sheet
SY78NE
Civil Parish
Owermoigne; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
May 12 2023 3:39PM
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