Monument record MDO50613 - Post medieval field boundaries and drainage ditches, Allers Dairy, Stoke Wake

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Summary

An extensive series of linear ditched features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the vicinity of Allers Dairy, Stoke Wake. The ditches are considered likely to be field boundaries and drainage features of post medieval date and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

An extensive series of linear ditched features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (Royal Air Force 1984) and lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2023) in the vicinity of Allers Dairy, Stoke Wake. The ditches are considered likely to be field boundaries and drainage features of post medieval date and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4343 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21729.

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

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2026, 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550 (Machine readable data file). SDO21762.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 01-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4343.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2026. 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550. [Mapped features: #712733 ; #712734 ; #712735 ; #712736 ; #712737 ; #712738 ; #712788 ; #712789 ; #712791 ; #712792 ; #712793 ; #712794 ; #712795 ; #722739 ]

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Location

Grid reference ST 7558 0583 (point) (15 map features)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Stoke Wake; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 1 2026 4:35PM

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