Monument record MDO45705 - Historic tree clump, St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A tree clump is visible as a banked circular mound at St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1945 aerial photograph. The feature is first documented and named as St John's Clump on the OS 2nd Edition 1:2500 map, suggesting the feature may be later 19th to early 20th century in origin. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A tree clump is visible as a low banked 50m in diameter circular mound at St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1945 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is first documented and named as St John's Clump on the OS 2nd Edition 1:2500 map, suggesting the feature may be later 19th to early 20th century in origin [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 [3].

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3070.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Pan Government Agreement. XX-XX-2021. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9561 9706 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 2:46PM

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