Monument record MDO45685 - Historic lynchets or trackways, Lytchett Matravers
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Summary
Several banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are of uncertain date - they are located within a field shown as rough ground on historic OS mapping and form a series of banked lynchets with ditches in between. They may be trackways or field boundaries/cultivation lynchets of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Several banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks to the east of Lytchett Matravers on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features align north to south within fields shown as rough ground on historic OS mapping and are considered likely to be historic trackways and/or field boundaries of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The features are still visible as cropmarks on 2021 APGB imagery and 2002 Google Earth imagery [3, 4].
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDO19437 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246.
- <2> SDO19436 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140.
- <3> SDO19455 Aerial Photograph: Pan Government Agreement. XX-XX-2021. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery.
- <4> SDO19438 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 01-JAN-2002. Google Earth Imagery 2002.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 9529 9663 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY99NE |
| Civil Parish | Lytchett Matravers; Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Feb 21 2023 4:25PM
