Monument record MDO40412 - Undated field system, Gussage All Saints and Moor Crichel

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Summary

An extensive system of low earthwork banks is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery running for over 2km from Bowerswain House, Gussage All Saints to Gale Cottage, Moor Crichel. The banks appear to form a field system of prehistoric or later medieval/post medieval date. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

The probable site of a post medieval extractive pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the northeast of Mill Hill Lodge, Gussage All Saints (1). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP and has since been levelled (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1845 RS 4044-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. 2002. Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0086 0905 (point) (22 map features)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Civil Parish Moor Crichel; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 3:47PM

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