Monument record MDO39565 - Post medieval water meadow, Targatt`s Farm, Cranborne

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Summary

An extensive system of post medieval water meadows is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating to 1946 at Targatt`s Farm. Traces of the leats and drains are still extant. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Bank and ditched field boundaries with associated cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating to 1945-6. (1-2). They lie in the grounds of Cranborne Lodge and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site was still extant in 2005 (3) and has since been levelled (Google Earth).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4061-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1946. RAF106G/LA187 RP 3089-90.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 18-NOV-2005. NMR 24135/40-1 (SU0513/5-6).

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Grid reference SU 06775 12946 (point) (26 map features)
Map sheet SU01SE
Civil Parish Cranborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 2 2017 3:12PM

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