Monument record MDO39763 - 19th or early 20th century cultivation marks, Crooked Withies, Holt

Parallel cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in the vicinity of Crooked Withies Farm. They are considered to be post medieval or early 20th century in origin and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Parallel cultivation marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in the vicinity of Crooked Withies Farm (1). They are considered to be post medieval or early 20th century in origin and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site has since been levelled and remodelled for a series of ponds associated with the Swan Sanctuary (2-3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4086-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15548.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 15-JUN-1992, OS/92200 V 0322-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15615.

Record last edited

Jan 23 2018 5:24PM