Monument record MDO7810 - Drove road, Lytchett Minster

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Summary

Linear ditched and banked features to the southwest of Highway Cottages, Lytchett Minster, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features correspond with a trackway shown on the OS 1st Edition map, documented to be a medieval drove road. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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SY 9647 9537 to SY 9663 9572. Linear ditched and banked features to the southwest of Highway Cottages, Lytchett Minster, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The features correspond with a trackway shown on the OS 1st Edition map, documented to be a medieval drove road [2]. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. They are still visible on Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 01-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4085.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9663 9572 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Minster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 015 034 E

Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 2:41PM

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