Monument record MDO25946 - Ditched features, Horsepool Farm, Abbotsbury

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Summary

A series of short ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the west side of a small brook to the south of Horsepool Farm. The features are considered likely to be post medieval in origin, possibly drainage ditches.

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Full Description

A series of short sections of ditch are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the west side of a small brook to the south of Horsepool Farm {1}. The features are considered likely to be post medieval in origin, possibly drainage ditches. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3319-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12185.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3319-20.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5802 8428 (155m by 224m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 9:11AM

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