Monument record MDO32602 - Embankment, Fitzworth Heath, Corfe Castle

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The OS 1st edn 25in map (1889) (1) shows an earthwork embankment approx 30m long across the mouth of a small creek south of Fitzworth Point. A pond was shown on the landward side of the feature but it is unclear whether the barrier was intended as a sea defence, with the aim of reclaiming land behind it, or as a dam to create a body of water. The embankment is not shown on the tithe map (2).

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: c 1840. Corfe Castle tithe map.

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Grid reference SY 9942 8659 (point)
Map sheet SY98NE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 8 2015 11:10AM

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