Monument record MDO40550 - Historic trackways, Coward's Marsh, Christchurch

Ditched linear earthworks on Coward's Marsh, Christchurch, are visible on 1940s and 1950s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The features are considered to be historic trackways of probable post medieval date, although an earlier origin is also possible. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear earthworks on Coward's Marsh, Christchurch, are visible on 1940s and 1950s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery (1-3).

The features comprise long sinous and rectilinear ditches that span the marshy floodplain and interlink between historic field boundaries. They are considered to be historic trackways of probable post medieval date.

The majority of features remain visible, albeit faintly in some cases, on current Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ordnance Survey, 18-SEP-57, OS/57R4 V 078-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15847.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 078-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15846.

<3> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2018 3:18PM