Monument record MDO50629 - Post medieval drainage system, Woolland

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Summary

A small post medieval drainage system to the southwest of Woolland is visible as ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

A small post medieval drainage system to the southwest of Woolland is visible as ditched earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features 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.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA 200 FP 1068.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1178.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7711 0610 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Woolland; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 20 2026 12:07PM

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