Monument record MDO45674 - Probable post medieval tree enclosure ring, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A probable post medieval tree enclosure ring is visible as a banked and ditched circular earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on a 1948 aerial photograph. The feature is shown on the OS 1st Edition 1:2500 map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A probable post medieval tree enclosure ring is visible as a 20m in diameter banked and ditched circular earthwork to the east of Lytchett Matravers on a 1948 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is shown on the OS 1st Edition 1:2500 map [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.The feature is below tree cover and not visible on 2021 APGB imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 01-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4087.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9608 9511 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 11:46AM

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