Monument record MDO39005 - Historic trackway, Water House Farm, Bettiscombe

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Summary

A ditched trackway of medieval or later date is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 running east-west across a modern field to the north of Water House Farm. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A ditched trackway of medieval or later date is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 running east-west across a modern field to the north of Water House Farm (1). It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP and has been plough-levelled and is no longer visible on recent Google Earth imagery (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3411-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2010. Vertical Aerial Photograph.

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Location

Grid reference ST 39460 00007 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet ST30SE
Civil Parish Bettiscombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 1:31PM

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