Monument record MDO31994 - Post medieval drainage system, Owermoigne

A post medieval drainage system is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of Owermoigne. The drains lie within an area of medieval deserted settlement at Owermoigne (see MDO1873).

A post medieval drainage system is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s and lidar to the north of Owermoigne. The drains lie within and around an area of medieval deserted settlement at Owermoigne (see MDO1873). The drains are visible as narrow ditches oriented predominantly north south and east-west. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 440 m by 375 m. (1-2) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6430-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10799.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13780.

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Oct 20 2014 10:37AM