Monument record MDO25941 - Chapel Hill, ditch, field boundary

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Summary

A linear ditch is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It runs e-w to the south of the strip field system on Chapel Hill and may be a lynchet of medieval or post medieval origin.

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Full Description

A linear ditch is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 {1}. It runs e-w to the south of the strip field system on Chapel Hill and may be a lynchet of medieval or post medieval origin. The feature was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3318-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12217.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3318-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5726 8443 (364m by 44m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 5 2024 5:13PM

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