Monument record MDO41305 - Probable post medieval trackways, West Parley, Ferndown Town

A series of closely set ditched linear features on heathland to the west of West Parley are visible on aerial photographs. The features are presumed to be trackways of probable post medieval origin, although some may be associated with early 20th Century military training activity.. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A series of closely set ditched linear features on heathland to the west of West Parley are visible on aerial photographs (1-3).

The features comprise numerous ditched linears of varying lengths, closely set and running broadly parallel to each other on a southwest to northeast axis. The features are part of a wider group of similar features on the heathland in this part of Dorset and are presumed to be trackways of probable post medieval origin, although some may be associated with wartime military training activity during the early part of the 20th Century.

The site is still open heathland, although partly under scrub and trees on current Google Earth imagery. Many of the features are still visible. They were digitally plotted from aerial photographs by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RP 3044-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16091.

<2> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4292-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16094.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 20-MAY-74, OS/74071/V 050-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16093.

Record last edited

Jul 24 2018 11:32AM