Monument record MDO40462 - Post medieval drainage system, Woodlands Manor Farm, Woodlands

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Summary

A series of perpendicular ditches is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 between Woodlands Manor House and Horton Village. They are considered to be drainage features of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A series of perpendicular ditches is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 between Woodlands Manor House and Horton Village (1). They are considered to be drainage features of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP, it has almost entirely been destroyed by late twentieth century fishponds.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3085-6.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. 2002. Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0478 0758 (point) (15 map features)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Horton; Dorset
Civil Parish Woodlands; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 23 2018 1:08PM

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