Monument record MDO39360 - Clothmaking at Yarn Barton and The Racky/Rackey Close, Stour Provost

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Summary

The field name The Racky on a 1747 estate map, later called Rackey Close on the Tithe Map (1842) suggests there may have been cloth drying racks in this field. The adjacent field is called Yarn Barton on the Tithe Map, and this too suggests clothmaking.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Hawkes J. 1996. Proposed Development at Antells Farm, Stour Provost, Dorset. Archaeological Assessment..

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Location

Grid reference ST 7942 2145 (point)
Map sheet ST72SE
Civil Parish Stour Provost; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 051 051

Record last edited

Jan 4 2021 10:01AM

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