Monument record MDO31186 - Post medieval trackways on Stoborough Heath, Arne

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Summary

Post medieval trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs running roughly northwest southeast across Stoborough Heath. They appear to predate the modern settlement along Furzebrook Road.

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Full Description

Post medieval trackways are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs running roughly northwest southeast across Stoborough Heath (1-3). They appear to predate the modern settlement along Furzebrook Road. They are still visible as earthworks on recent Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP. Numerous other trackways cut across Stoborough Heath and these are described separately in MDO31183, 85 and 87.


<1> Royal Air Force, 10-FEB-1945, RAF 106G/LA/128 7058-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13468.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13516.

<3> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR SY9284 6-10 (NMR 24141/03-7) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13518.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 10-FEB-1945. RAF 106G/LA/128 7058-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4409-10.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 18-NOV-2005. NMR SY9284 6-10 (NMR 24141/03-7).

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Location

Grid reference SY 93215 84553 (point) (23 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Civil Parish Church Knowle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 17 2014 1:04PM

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