Monument record MDO41245 - Linear dyke, Tarrant Keyneston

Linear earthwork visible on aerial photographs taken in the late 1940s. Running roughly parallel with other similar dykes in the area. The feature is visible as a short section of broken linear earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

Linear earthwork visible on aerial photographs taken in the late 1940s. Running roughly parallel with other similar dykes in the area.

The feature is visible as a southwest-northeast aligned section of broken linear earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The feature is clearest in a 60m section located between two intersecting roads but appears to continue northeastwards, and likely southwestwards, either side of these, although the earthworks here are very faint. Two parallel narrow linear banks visible on lidar imagery may be a continuation of this feature southwards, but this is not certain as they are very regular in form and they may be later features [3]. Overall, the earthworks potentially extend for just over 825m. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3156 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16078.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4320 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18501.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Sep 27 2022 3:34PM