Monument record MDO45289 - Medieval broad ridge and furrow, Abbeycroft Down,Tarrant Rushton

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Irregular areas of parallel cultivation ridges are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton. The features are considered likely to be those of medieval broad ridge and furrow and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Irregular areas of parallel cultivation ridges are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton [1, 2]. The features are considered likely to be those of medieval broad ridge and furrow and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-JAN-1942. RAF/13A/UK773 V 0097.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3073.

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Grid reference ST 9552 0605 (point)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Tarrant Rushton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2023 11:27AM

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