Monument record MDO50045 - Undated trackway, Okeford Fitzpaine

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Summary

Part of a ditched and banked linear hollow trackway is visible as an earthwork on Okeford Hill on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is of uncertain date, possibly late prehistoric but perhaps medieval to post medieval in origin. It was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

Part of a ditched and banked linear hollow trackway is visible as an earthwork on Okeford Hill on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (NMR 2005; EA 2018). The feature is of uncertain date, possibly late prehistoric but perhaps medieval to post medieval in origin. It was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


National Monuments Record, 24-JAN-2005, NMR 23782/12 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21631.

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: National Monuments Record. 24-JAN-2005. NMR 23782/12.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8114 1008 (point)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Okeford Fitzpaine; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jan 8 2026 3:51PM

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