Monument record MDO45669 - Medieval to post medieval pound, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A ditched curvilinear feature is visible as an earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature corresponds with part of a historic curvilinear enclosure named as Fir Pound on the OS 1st Edition map and may be part of a medieval to post medieval animal pound. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A ditched curvilinear feature is visible as an earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The feature corresponds with part of a historic curvilinear enclosure named as Fir Pound on the OS 1st Edition map and may be part of a medieval to post medieval animal pound [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The feature is no longer visible on Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1172.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference SY 9504 9525 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 11:02AM

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