Monument record MDO29044 - Post medieval to Second World War trackways, Studland Heath, Studland

An area of trackways, which may date to between the late post medieval to the Second World War periods, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the west of Ferry Road, Studland Heath.

An area of trackways, which may date to between the late post medieval to the Second World War periods, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the west of Ferry Road, Studland Heath. The trackways are visible as narrow ditches and are oriented approximately north-south. They are visible over an area measuring 370 m by 180 m. (1) The trackways either underlie or cut through two banked trackways (see MDO29049). The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (2) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4394-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12806.

<2> Google Earth, 01-JUN-2012, Google Earth 2012 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12633.

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Aug 21 2013 5:29PM