Monument record MDO32115 - Post medieval cultivation marks/field boundaries, north of West Chaldon, Chaldon Herring

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Summary

Post medieval cultivation marks or field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of West Chaldon, Chaldon Herring.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Post medieval cultivation marks or field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of West Chaldon, Chaldon Herring. The features consist of narrow linear banks positioned up to 30 m apart. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 180 m by 170 m. (1) The features are not visible on aerial photographs of 2009 and may have been levelled by this time. (2) These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3272-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13845.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3272-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7787 8334 (point) (14 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 7 2014 7:33AM

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