Monument record MDO28999 - Historic drainage system or cultivation marks, Fitzworth Point, Corfe Castle

A group of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Fitzworth Copse. They are considered likely to be the remains of drainage ditches or cultivation marks or probable medieval of post medieval date.

A group of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Fitzworth Copse (1). They are considered likely to be the remains of drainage ditches or cultivation marks of probable medieval or post medieval date. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 1016-17 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12778.

<2> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Aug 2 2013 1:48PM