Monument record MDO50624 - Post medieval field boundaries, drainage, Woolland

Ditched and banked linear features to the east of Woolland are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are thought to be post medieval field boundaries and drainage ditches, possibly incorporating some naturally formed water channels. They were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Ditched and banked linear features to the east of Woolland are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features are thought to be post medieval field boundaries and drainage ditches, possibly incorporating some naturally formed water channels. They were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21726.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA 200 FP 1068 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21695.

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

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