Monument record MDO38564 - Possible post medieval drainage ditches, Swilletts Farm, Pilsdon

A series of regular ditched features to the southwest of Swillets Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. Their arrangement may suggest a post medieval origin, although this is not certain. They may also be natural drainage features assocaited with natural springs in this area. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A series of regular ditched features to the southwest of Swillets Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). Their arrangement may suggest a post medieval origin, although this is not certain. They may also be natural drainage features associated with natural springs in this area. The ditched features are still partially visible on the latest Google Earth imagery 2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14772.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 11:20AM