Monument record MDO47032 - Probable post medieval field boundaries , Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

Banked linear features in fields to the north of Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Banked linear features in fields to the north of Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features are considered likely to be field boundaries of post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The features are no longer visible on 2021 APGB imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4244.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9431 9587 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 18 2023 10:17AM

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