Monument record MDO38530 - Post medieval or later trackways, Revelshay Farm, Pilsdon

A post medieval or early 20th century curving trackway and associated ditches to the east of Revelshay Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A post medieval or early 20th century curving trackway and associated ditches to the east of Revelshay Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (1). The trackway is not shown on the OS First Edition historic mapping and are no longer visible on aerial photographs taken in 2009 (2). The main curving trackway appears to follow, or have formed, a low lynchet, which is still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4334-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14761.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 9:47AM