Monument record MDO39346 - Post medieval drainage features, Wattons Ford Common, St Leonards and St Ives

Parallel linear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 in two small fields marked on the 1st edition map at Wattons Ford Common. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval drainage features and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Parallel linear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 in two small fields marked on the 1st edition map at Wattons Ford Common (1). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval drainage features and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site has gradually overgrown with scrubby vegetation since 1950s (2-4) and the features are no longer visible.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2101 RP 3221-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15312.

<2> Royal Air Force, 21-SEP-1954, RAF 58/1567 F22 0251-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15314.

<3> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2002, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13248.

<4> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Record last edited

Apr 27 2017 11:20AM