Monument record MDO40542 - Post medieval drainage ditches, Christchurch

A series of parallel ditched linear earthworks on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be historic drainage features of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A series of parallel ditched linear earthworks on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise short linears variously spaced between 4.5m and 18m apart and aligned southwest to northeast along the edge of a drainage channel present on the OS 1st Edition map (2). They are presumed to be historic drainage features of probable post medieval date.

The features are still visible on current Google Earth imagery and show particularly well on a 2002 aerial phoograph (3). They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RP 3277-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15414.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2018 10:32AM