Monument record MDO45725 - Post medieval Avenue and mound, Notting Hill, Sturminster Marshall

A linear avenue of trees ending at a small earthwork mound on the north side of Notting Hill, Sturminster Marshall, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. A trackway and gazebo are documented on the OS 1st Edition map. The features may be part of a post medieval ornamental landscape. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A linear avenue of trees ending at a small earthwork mound on the north side of Notting Hill, Sturminster Marshall, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2, 3]. A trackway and gazebo are documented on the OS 1st Edition map [4]. The trackway doews not quite equate with the tree-lined avenue and it is not certain whehter this is pre or post the late 19th century, although nothing on later available maps suggest a later feature. The features may therefore be part of a post medieval ornamental landscape. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The features have been partially destroyed by later quarrying but the northern end of the avenue may survive to some extent, as suggested on 2021 APGB imagery [5].

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

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19436.

<4> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4085 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19459.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<5> Pan Government Agreement, XX-XX-2021, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (Aerial Photograph). SDO19455.

Record last edited

Feb 23 2023 4:35PM