Monument record MDO29000 - Historic trackways, Ower Farm, Corfe Castle

A group of linear ditches are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of Ower Farm. They are considered likely to be the remains of trackways of probable medieval or post medieval date.

A group of linear ditches are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of Ower Farm (1-3). They are considered likely to be the remains of trackways of probable medieval or post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Some of these features are still partially visible as cropmarks on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (4).

<1> Royal Air Force, 09-MAY-1952, RAF/540/723 F10 5031-32 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12776.

<2> Royal Air Force, 24-JUN-1952, RAF/58/901 F10 5008-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12780.

<3> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-1971, RAF/39/3812 0038-39 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12779.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

Record last edited

Aug 2 2013 1:48PM