Monument record MDO49769 - Post medieval drainage system, Okeford Fitzpaine

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Summary

A post medieval drainage system is visible to the southwest of Okeford Fitzpaine as banked and ditched linear earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

A post medieval drainage system is visible to the southwest of Okeford Fitzpaine as banked and ditched linear earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 FP 1329 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21513.

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

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  • --- 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 FP 1329.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8019 1018 (point)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Okeford Fitzpaine; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Dec 2 2025 2:00PM

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