Monument record MDO29824 - Post medieval cultivation marks or drainage ditches, Wyke Regis, Weymouth

Several groups of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery of Wyke Regis, Weymouth. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval cultivation marks or drainage ditches.

Several groups of parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (1-3) and lidar imagery (4) of Wyke Regis, Weymouth. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval cultivation marks or drainage ditches. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Some of these features are still partially visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 F20 4055 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13096.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5448-49 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13092.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5449-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13097.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5450-51 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13105.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

Record last edited

Dec 3 2013 11:46AM