Monument record MDO50025 - Post medieval drainage system, Ansty Hilton

An extensive post medieval drainage system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery between Rawlsbury Farm and Crockers Farm, Ansty, Hilton. The bank and ditched features cover an area of over 30ha and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. Some of the linears may have an earlier medieval origin.

An extensive post medieval drainage system is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery between Rawlsbury Farm and Crockers Farm, Ansty, Hilton. The bank and ditched features cover an area of over 30ha and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. Some of the linears may have an earlier medieval origin. (RAF 1947, OS 1995, EA 2023).

<1> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3342 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21620.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5178 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21618.

<3> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 13-MAR-1995, OS/95033 30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21617.

Record last edited

Dec 31 2025 5:36PM