Monument record MDO30939 - Historic linear earthwork, Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster

A linear earthwork is marked here on the First and Second Edition OS Maps of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster. A linear ditch flanked with banks on either side is visible here as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is probably the remains of a historic field boundary or trackway, although an earlier origin cannot be ruled out

A linear earthwork is marked here on the First and Second Edition OS Maps of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster (1-2). A linear ditch flanked with banks on either side is visible here as earthworks (3) and cropmarks (4) on aerial photographs. It is probably the remains of a historic field boundary or trackway, although an earlier origin cannot be ruled out. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is still visible as a cropmark on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4043-44 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13538.

<4> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

Record last edited

Jul 9 2014 3:49PM