Monument record MDO40544 - Post medieval trackway, Christchurch

A ditched linear earthwork on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is presumed to be a historic trackway of probable post medieval date and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A ditched linear earthwork on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature runs southwest to northeast between two pints of the riverbank, cutting two probable post medieval field boundaries. It is presumed to be a historic trackway of probable post medieval date..

The feature is still faintly visible on 2002 Google Earth imagery (2). It was 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> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2018 10:53AM