Monument record MDO30560 - First World War slit trenching, Morden Heath, Wareham St Martin

Slit trenching of possible First World War origin is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Morden Heath, Wareham St Martin. It is overlain by tank trackways associated with a Second World War military training area (MDO30558) and may even have seen some reuse duing this period.

Slit trenching of possible First World War origin is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Morden Heath, Wareham St Martin (1-2). It is overlain by tank trackways associated with a Second World War military training area (MDO30558) and may even have seen some reuse duing this period. This site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. Another area of possible First World War slit trenching is located 180m to the north-east (MDO30559). These features are not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2052-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13333.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-JUN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2150 4158-59 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13313.

Record last edited

Mar 18 2014 10:45AM