Monument record MDO46763 - Post medieval field boundaries and trackway, Almer, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

Banked and ditched linear features to the northwest of Almer, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries and a trackway of probable post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Banked and ditched linear features to the northwest of Almer, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The features are considered likely to be historic field boundaries and a trackway of probable post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5132 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19936.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5132.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9125 9915 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 4:16PM

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