Monument record MDO39599 - Undated parallel interrupted ditches, Sandridge, Cranborne

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Summary

A series of parallel interrupted ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs in a field to the north of Sandridge. The features are of uncertain date and function. They may be prehistoric or much later in date and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A series of parallel interrupted ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs in a field to the north of Sandridge (1). The features are of uncertain date and function. They may be prehistoric (potentially part of a very large multiple interrupted ditched enclosure or causewayed enclosure) or more likely of much later in date (possibly associated with extraction), they were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 08-APR-2000, OS/00942 V 2743-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15510.

<1> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 08-APR-2000. OS/00942 V 2743-4.

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Location

Grid reference SU 06490 12706 (point) (22 map features)
Map sheet SU01SE
Civil Parish Edmondsham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 12 2019 11:42AM

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