Monument record MDO32003 - Post medieval drains, Galton Heath, Crossways

Post medieval drains or land improvement works are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs on Galton Heath to the north east of Owermoigne.

Post medieval drains or land improvement works are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs on Galton Heath to the north east of Owermoigne. The earthworks consist of narrow, linear, banks and ditches oriented predominantly north-south, south west-north east and east-west. The earthworks are visible over an area measuring approximately 1425 m by 555 m. The majority of the site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1-3), with elements in the north eastern area visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs of 2005. (4) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13780.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3075-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13779.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3073-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13834.

<4> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13151.

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Oct 20 2014 2:09PM