Monument record MDO41646 - Undated enclosure, Leonard's Common, West Moors

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Summary

A rectilinear double-ditched enclosure is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in a field to the west of Moors River, West Moors. The feature is of uncertain date and function and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A rectilinear double-ditched enclosure is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in a field to the west of Moors River, West Moors (1). The internal ditched enclosure is 29m by 26m across. The feature is of uncertain date and function and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP, it is still visible as a cropmark on recent digital photographic imagery (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3053-4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0989 0300 (point) (5 map features)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish West Moors; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2018 11:53AM

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