Monument record MDO5896 - COURSE OF BADBURY TO HAMWORTHY ROMAN ROAD PART SCHEDULED
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Summary
Roman Road (B) Badbury to Hamworthy. A 713m section of the Badbury to Hamworthy Roman road is visible as linear banked and scarped earthworks on aerial photographs. The earthworks are visible running across Eye Mead, Pamphill, between a minor tributary to the southeast and the Stour riverbank to the northwest. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Full Description
A 713m section of the Badbury to Hamworthy Roman road is visible as linear banked and scarped earthworks on aerial photographs (1-3).
The features comprises several sections of linear banks and scarps, truncated in places by later historic field boundaries. The linear sections in their entirety run across Eye Mead, Pamphill, between a minor tributary to the southeast and the Stour riverbank to the northwest.
The features are still visible as low linear earthworks on current Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 9970 9924 (point) (58 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY99NE |
| Civil Parish | Pamphill; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument DO 687
- Scheduled Monument DO 687: Length of Roman road on Eye Mead
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 016 097 B
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: Linear 832
Record last edited
Aug 29 2018 1:33PM