Monument record MDO45704 - Historic tree enclosure ring, Ellen Clump, Lytchett Matravers

A probable tree enclosure ring or tree clump is visible as a banked circular earthwork or tree ring at Ellen Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1947 aerial photograph. The feature is first documented and named as Ellen Clump on the OS 2nd Edition 1:2500 map, suggesting the feature may be later 19th to early 20th century in origin. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A probable tree enclosure ring or tree clump is visible as a banked and tree-topped 82m in diameter circular earthwork or tree ring at Ellen Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1947 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is first documented and named as Ellen Clump on the OS 2nd Edition 1:2500 map, suggesting the feature may be later 19th to early 20th century in origin [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The feature is below tree cover and not visible on 2021 APGB imagery, although an outline of the tree ring may be discerned [3].

<1> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4087 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19434.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Pan Government Agreement, XX-XX-2021, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (Aerial Photograph). SDO19455.

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Feb 22 2023 2:38PM