Monument record MDO39441 - Undated ring-bank, Cranfield Common, Alderholt

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Summary

A small banked enclosure or ring bank is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. It is potentially the site of a bee garden.

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A small oval banked enclosure or ring bank is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (1) and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. It is 7m across potentially the site of a bee garden. The site is still extant and visible as an earthwork on recent photographs (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3053-4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. 2009. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 10264 11026 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SU11SW
Civil Parish Alderholt; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 25 2017 4:17PM

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