Monument record MDO50510 - Post medieval drainage ditches, Hatherly Farm, Hilton

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Summary

Several post medieval drainage ditches within a field to the east of Hatherly Farm, Hilton, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Several post medieval drainage ditches within a field to the east of Hatherly Farm, Hilton, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (RAF 1947). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. They are no longer visible on current lidar imagery.


Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1077 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21696.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1077.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7577 0522 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Hilton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 12 2026 4:37PM

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