Monument record MDO39564 - Historic cultivation marks and field boundaries, Cranborne Lodge, Cranborne

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Summary

Bank and ditched field boundaries with associated cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating to 1945-6. They lie in the grounds of Cranborne Lodge and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Bank and ditched field boundaries with associated cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating to 1945-6. (1-2). They lie in the grounds of Cranborne Lodge and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site was still extant in 2005 (3) and has since been levelled (Google Earth).


<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4061-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15492.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1946, RAF106G/LA187 RP 3089-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15493.

<3> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR 24135/40-1 (SU0513/5-6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15494.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4061-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1946. RAF106G/LA187 RP 3089-90.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 18-NOV-2005. NMR 24135/40-1 (SU0513/5-6).

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Location

Grid reference SU 05666 13000 (point) (10 map features)
Map sheet SU01SE
Civil Parish Cranborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 7:19PM

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