Monument record MDO40305 - Historic field boundaries, Keepers Cottage, Wimborne St Giles

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Summary

Banked rectilinear features to the east of Keepers Cottage are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to represent historic field boundaries, probably post medieval in date, although an earlier origin is possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Banked rectilinear features to the east of Keepers Cottage are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (1). The features are presumed to represent historic field boundaries, probably post medieval in date, although an earlier origin is possible. The features are no longer visible by 2014 (2). They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-45. RAF/106G/LA/187 RP 3097-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0464 1089 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Wimborne St Giles; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2018 9:30AM

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