Monument record MDO39341 - Post medieval enclosure, Matchams, St Leonards and St Ives

A small D-shaped embanked enclosure is marked on the OS 1st edition map and is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. It is considered to be of post medieval origin, possibly a stock enclosure. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A small D-shaped embanked enclosure is marked on the OS 1st edition map (1)and is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 (2). It is considered to be of post medieval origin, possibly a stock enclosure. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP, it was destroyed by 1962 by earthmoving and the construction of a building and carpark at Matchams (3).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1946, RAF 106G/UK187 RS 4058-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15300.

<3> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F22 0425-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15309.

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Apr 26 2017 1:53PM