Monument record MDO39444 - Historic trackways, Alderholt Common, Alderholt

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Summary

Several ditched trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 cutting across Alderholt Common between Sleepbrook Farm and Stanford Point. They are considered to be of post medieval or earlier date. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Several ditched trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 cutting across Alderholt Common between Sleepbrook Farm and Stanford Point (1). They are considered to be of post medieval or earlier date. The site has since been ploughed and the features are no longer visible on recent digtial imagery (2). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3050-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 11430 11715 (point) (10 map features)
Map sheet SU11SW
Civil Parish Alderholt; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 26 2017 10:22AM

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