Monument record MDO46781 - Post medieval water meadow, Newton Peveril, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

An area of linear drainage ditches to the southeast of Newton Peveril, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features link into sluices and channels recorded on the OS 1st Edition map and may form part of a post medieval water meadow. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

An area of linear drainage ditches to the southeast of Newton Peveril, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (2021) and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2021). The features link into sluices and channels recorded on the OS 1st Edition map and may form part of a post medieval water meadow. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


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

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2022, 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422 (Machine readable data file). SDO21760.

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

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Pan Government Agreement. XX-XX-2021. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2022. 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422. [Mapped features: #657598 ; #657602 ; #657603 ; #657604 ; #657605 ; #657606 ; #657607 ; #657608 ; #657609 ; #657610 ; #657611 ; #657612 ; #657613 ; #657614 ; #657615 ; #657616 ; #657617 ; #657618 ; #657619 ; #657620 ; #657621 ; #657622 ; #657623 ; #657624 ; #657625 ; #657626 ; #657627 ; #666683 ; #666684 ]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9402 9969 (420m by 302m) (30 map features)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 31 2026 2:26PM

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