Monument record MDO42210 - Post medieval drainage system, Maiden Newton

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Summary

An extensive system of parallel ditches is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on the west side of the River Frome to the north of Maiden Newton. The features are considered to be drains, possibly part of a system of water meadows. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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An extensive system of parallel ditches is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on the west side of the River Frome to the north of Maiden Newton [1-2]. The features are considered to be drains, possibly part of a system of water meadows. The features were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. XX-XXX-2010. Google Earth 2010.
  • <2> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.

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Grid reference SY 5942 9840 (point) (36 map features)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Frome Vauchurch; Dorset
Civil Parish Maiden Newton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2020 5:27PM

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