Monument record MDO37482 - Medieval or later lynchets and cultivation marks, Bilshay Farm, Allington

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Linear bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the southwest of Bilshay Farm. They are considered to be field boundaries and lynchets of medieval or later origin and are associated with parallel cultivation marks. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project.

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Linear bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the southwest of Bilshay Farm. They are considered to be field boundaries and lynchets of medieval or later origin and are associated with parallel cultivation marks. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project. (1-2)

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4167-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy4594nw_dtm_50cm.asc.

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Grid reference SY 45081 94609 (point) (21 map features)
Map sheet SY49SE
Civil Parish Allington; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2019 2:15PM

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