Monument record MDO38283 - Historic settlement, Laverstock House, Stoke Abbott

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Summary

A complex of ditched linear features is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Laverstock House. The features may be the remains of a settlement with trackways and house platforms; it may alternatively be a system of drainage features. The features are likely to be of medieval or later date, they were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

A complex of ditched linear features is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Laverstock House (1-2). The features may be the remains of a settlement with trackways and house platforms; it may alternatively be a system of drainage features. The features are likely to be of medieval or later date, they were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.


<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4336-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14642.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 13-APR-1984, OS/84024 V 031-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14643.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4336-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 13-APR-1984. OS/84024 V 031-2.

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Location

Grid reference ST 42598 00035 (point) (6 map features)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Stoke Abbott; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 25 2019 3:03PM

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