Monument record MDO25966 - New Barn Down, enclosure

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A small circular enclosure is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is possibly a stock enclosure although a WWII military origin cannot be ruled out.

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A small circular enclosure, 10 m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is possibly a stock enclosure although a WWII military origin cannot be ruled out {1}. It was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3321-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12189.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3321-2.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5959 8324 (14m by 14m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 16 2010 12:34PM

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