Monument record MDO45705 - Historic tree clump, St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers

A tree clump is visible as a banked circular mound at St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1945 aerial photograph. The feature is first documented and named as St John's 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 tree clump is visible as a low banked 50m in diameter circular mound at St John's Clump, Lytchett Matravers, on a 1945 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is first documented and named as St John's 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 [3].

<1> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3070 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19435.

<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.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 2:46PM