Monument record MDO49616 - Post medieval drainage system, Shillingstone

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Summary

An area of post medieval drainage ditches is visible as earthworks to the north of Shillingstone on 1940s aerial photographs. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

An area of post medieval drainage ditches is visible as earthworks to the north of Shillingstone on 1940s aerial photographs (RAF 1947). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They are no longer visible on Environment Agency lidar imagery (EA 2018).


Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 RP 3332 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21500.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 23-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1944 RP 3332.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8201 1238 (point)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Shillingstone; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 26 2025 1:00PM

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