Monument record MDO47004 - Possible medieval to post medieval cultivation marks, Lytchett Matravers

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Ridged and ditched linear features to the east of Lytchett Matravers are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be cultivation marks of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Ridged and ditched linear features to the east of Lytchett Matravers are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The features are considered likely to be cultivation marks of potentially medieval to post medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The features are no longer visible on available Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4138.

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Grid reference SY 9471 9521 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 15 2023 12:38PM

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