Monument record MDO8413 - Middle Plains: Strip fields

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Traces of strip fields are best seen on air photographs. Parallel lynchets are also visible as low earthworks on lidar.

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Traces of strip fields are best seen on air photographs. The name 'Middle Plains' shown near here on the Tithe Map may be connected with strip cultivation. (1) Parallel lynchets are visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar (2-4) within the field system described in MWX616. They were digitally plotted during the South West Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

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  • <1> Index: DCC SMR. to 2003. Former DCC SMR Card Index.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 1398-99.
  • <3> Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 23-MAR-2008. Lidar.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 25-FEB-2009. Lidar.

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Location

Grid reference SY 964 759 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 028 049C
  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 028 058

Record last edited

Dec 4 2013 8:17AM

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