Monument record MDO43841 - Later prehistoric linear earthwork, Shapwick

A linear ditched boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. To the south it continues as a low bank on lidar imagery.

A linear ditched boundary is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (1-2) and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. To the south it continues as a low bank on lidar imagery (3) and the ditch is incorprated into the field system/enclosures described in MDO43842. To the north east it continues as part of MDO43840. Overall the linear can be traced for over 900m and is considered likely to be a later prehistoric linear boundary.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-1947, RAF CPE/UK/2102 RP 3249 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18083.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 13-SEP-1982, OS/82203 V 126 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18092.

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

Record last edited

Jul 24 2022 9:00AM