Monument record MDO40078 - Prehistoric linear ditches, Glebe Farm, Chalbury

A linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taking an irregular course to the southwest of Glebe Farm, Chalbury. It appears to incorporate two enclosures and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site is considered likely to be of prehistoric (or Roman) origin.

A linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taking an irregular course to the southwest of Glebe Farm, Chalbury (1-2). The site is considered likely to be of prehistoric (or Roman) origin and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. At its northern end it appears to abutt a rectilinear enclosure 30m across from which it run southwards for 210m before abruptly turning east. A second enclosure may be incorporated into the corner at this point. The northern enclosure is abutted on its western side by the double-ditched feature described in MDO37321 and this linear may be an extension of it. Fragments of other linears are visible in the vicinity which are probably contemporary.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 24-JUL-1995, OS/95633 V 224-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15716.

<2> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

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Feb 23 2018 9:38AM