Monument record MDO38954 - Historic enclosure, Lower Abbott's Wooton Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum

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Summary

A large rectilinear banked enclosure is visible as earthworks on aerial photograohs taken in 1948 to the south of Lower Abbott's Wooton Farm. It is 100m by 90m across and potentially a medieval or post medieval field. The site has been plough-levelled and is visible as cropmarks on photographs taken in 1976, it was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Full Description

A large rectilinear banked enclosure is visible as earthworks on aerial photograohs taken in 1948 to the south of Lower Abbott's Wooton Farm (1). It is 100m by 90m across and potentially a medieval or post medieval field. The site has been plough-levelled and is visible as cropmarks on photographs taken in 1976 (2), it was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4178-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 08-MAY-1976. OS/76052 V 0143-4.

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Location

Grid reference SY 38030 96096 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY39NE
Civil Parish Whitchurch Canonicorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 1:24PM

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