A sinuous linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the west of Thornicombe, Blandford St Mary. It is considered likely to be of prehistoric date, possibly a trackway or boundary ditch, and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project. It runs immediately to the west of the enclosure described in MDO3585.
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A sinuous linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the west of Thornicombe, Blandford St Mary <1-2>. It is considered likely to be of prehistoric date, possibly a trackway or boundary ditch, and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project. It runs immediately to the west of the enclosure described in MDO3585.
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<1> SDO19469
Aerial Photograph: J R Boyden. 01-APR-1966. JRB 9713/2 11 A 12.
<2> SDO19587
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1094.
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