Monument record MDO45814 - Later prehistoric field system, Blandford St Mary

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An extensive banked field system of possible later prehistoric date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and earthworks on lidar imagery covering over 75 hectares to the west of Downs House, Blandford St Mary. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project; it is part of a wider field system to the west recorded in MDO3588.

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An extensive banked field system of possible later prehistoric date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and earthworks on lidar imagery <1-2> covering over 75 hectares to the west of Downs House, Blandford St Mary. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project; it is part of a wider field system to the west recorded in MDO3588.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1094.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8693 0426 (point)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Blandford St Mary; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2023 4:48PM

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