Monument record MDO32053 - Medieval or post medieval possible pillow mounds, Owermoigne

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Two possible medieval or post medieval pillow mounds are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 to the east of Galton, Owermoigne.

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Two possible medieval or post medieval pillow mounds are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 to the east of Galton, Owermoigne. The mounds are sub-rectangular in shape and flanked by ditches. They measure up to 50 m in length. (1) The mounds are visible as faint cropmarks on recent aerial photography. (2) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6428-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7822 8526 (79m by 62m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Owermoigne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2015 3:28PM

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