Monument record MDO41416 - Probable post medieval drainage ditches, Ensbury, Bournemouth

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Summary

Ditched linear features at Ensbury, Bournemouth, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be post medieval drainage ditches. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Ditched linear features at Ensbury, Bournemouth, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1). The features are presumed to be post medieval drainage ditches. They link into historic drainage channels recorded on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The site is under trees on current Google Earth imagery and the features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-SEP-47. RAF/CPE/UK/2289 Fv4 5378-9.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference SZ 0881 9615 (point) (5 map features)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Aug 20 2018 1:38PM

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