Monument record MDO30277 - Historic trackways, Highwood Heath, East Stoke

A group of trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, running predomianatly east-west across the northern end of Highwood Heath. They are considered likely to be historic in date, although there is potential that some may have earlier, prehistoric origins.

A group of trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (1-4), running predomianatly east-west across the northern end of Highwood Heath. They are considered likely to be historic in date, although there is potential that some may have earlier, prehistoric origins. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent aerial images available to the project, this area now being under modern conifer plantation.

<1> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 2037-38 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13227.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6412-13 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13211.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 25-APR-1968, NMR OS/68078 053-54 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13228.

<4> Royal Air Force, 26-AUG-1968, RAF 58/8974 0032-33 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13229.

Record last edited

Feb 13 2014 11:17AM