Monument record MDO32125 - Post medieval cultivation ridges, east of Chaldon Herring

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Probable post medieval cultivation ridges are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s in the southern area of Chaldon Herring.

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Probable post medieval cultivation ridges are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s in the southern area of Chaldon Herring. The earthworks are formed of closely spaced linear banks measuring up to 75 m in length. (1) The ridges are not visible on aerial photographs of 2009. (2) These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA/105 1071-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7962 8334 (point)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2014 11:04AM

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