Monument record MDO41423 - Undated linear ditch, High Lea Dairy, Hinton

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Summary

A linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running roughly east-west for 500m to the east of High Lea Diary, Hinton. It appears to cut through the linear barrow group, clipping the southern edge of barrow MDO40723. The feature is of uncertain date, possibly a later prehistoric or Roman ditch or a much later trackway. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A linear ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs running roughly east-west for 500m to the east of High Lea Diary, Hinton (1-2). It appears to cut through the linear barrow group, clipping the southern edge of barrow MDO40723. The feature is of uncertain date, possibly a later prehistoric or Roman ditch or a much later trackway. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-1996, NMR 15560/23-4 (NMR ST 9905/9-10) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15925.

<2> National Monuments Record, 08-MAY-1980, NMR 1762/254-6, 259-60 (NMR ST 9906/5-9) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15924.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 25-JUL-1996. NMR 15560/23-4 (NMR ST 9905/9-10).
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-MAY-1980. NMR 1762/254-6, 259-60 (NMR ST 9906/5-9).

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Location

Grid reference ST 9978 0607 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Hinton Parva; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 21 2018 10:48AM

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