Monument record MDO49807 - Neolithic cross dyke, Hambledon Hill, Hanford, Child Okeford, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

An early Neolithic linear earthwork or cross dyke on Hambledon Hill is visible as earthworks and soilmarks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as the southern and eastern cross dykes under MDO47591 and MDO47590, but the available aerial sources suggest these were originally one feature. It was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

An early Neolithic linear earthwork or cross dyke on Hambledon Hill is visible as earthworks and soilmarks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1954; NMR 1968; EA 2018). The feature is recorded as the southern and eastern cross dykes under MDO47591 and MDO47590, but the available aerial sources suggest these were originally one feature. It was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 19-AUG-1954, RAF/542/8 F22 62 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21566.

National Monuments Record, 28-MAR-1968, NMR 68/054-058 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21572.

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

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Dec 4 2025 3:28PM