Monument record MDO49704 - Undated enclosures, Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras

A series of bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras. The features include a curvilinear enclosure at the northern end of the wood which has an internal bank and external ditch (suggesting a defensive structure to keep things out rather than a stock enclosure (see also MDO49640 for a similar enclosure)). Other features include a series of curvilinear boundaries and hollows which may be of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A series of bank and ditched features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Farthing Wood, Alton Pancras. The features include a curvilinear enclosure at the northern end of the wood which has an internal bank and external ditch (suggesting a defensive structure to keep things out rather than a stock enclosure (see also MDO49640 for a similar enclosure)). Other features include a series of curvilinear boundaries and hollows which may be of prehistoric or later origin. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environment Agency 2021)

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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