Monument record MDO40992 - Possible post medieval trackway, Gaunts House, Holt

A banked curvilinear feature to the southwest of Gaunts House is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature may be a post medieval trackway. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A banked curvilinear feature to the southwest of Gaunts House is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature comprises a broad southwest to northeast aligned bank that curves to the east at its northeast end. The feature is located within parkland associated with Gaunt's House and appears to lead towards a small building recorded on the OS 1st Edition map and still extant in 1947 (1 and 2). At its south end the feature appears to correspond with a break or gateway in a historic field boundary. It is considered likely to be a trackway of probable post medieval date

The site is still fields on current Google Earth imagery. Th e feature may be visible in the year 2014 (3). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4240-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15962.

<2> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2005, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM (Aerial Photograph). SDO12698.

<3> Google Earth, 2014, Google Earth 2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15450.

Record last edited

May 17 2018 1:46PM