Monument record MDO40431 - Medieval or later settlement earthworks, Knowle Hill Farm Cottage, Woodlands

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A series of earthwork terraces are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and on more recent lidar imagery in fields to the southeast of Knowle Hill Farm Cottage. The features are considered to be of medieval or later date, possibly settlement earthworks or part of a field system. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A series of earthwork terraces are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and on more recent lidar imagery in fields to the southeast of Knowle Hill Farm Cottage (1-2). The features are considered to be of medieval or later date, possibly settlement earthworks or part of a field system. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3100-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0341 0977 (point) (425 map features)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Woodlands; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 8:18PM

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