Monument record MDO26155 - Orchard in field number 180, Shillingstone

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An orchard shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. Cultivation ridges within the field are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Cultivation ridges within the field are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (RAF 1947). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They are no longer visible on current Environment Agency lidar imagery


Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2172 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21504.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2172.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference Centred ST 82658 11252 (99m by 83m)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Shillingstone; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2025 9:05AM

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