Monument record MDO38787 - Historic terracing, Little Coombe Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum

A series of linear scarps or terraces are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the south of Little Coombe Farm. They are potentially the result of post medieval quarrying but may be cultivation terraces or even of natural origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A series of linear scarps or terraces are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the south of Little Coombe Farm (1-2). They are potentially the result of post medieval quarrying but may be cultivation terraces or even of natural origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. The features are still visible as slight earthworks on recent Google Earth imagery (3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4207-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14817.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 08-MAY-1976, OS/76052 V 104-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14822.

<3> Google Earth, 2008, Digital Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14816.

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Jul 26 2019 11:52AM