Monument record MDO40290 - Possible historic trackway, Hill Wood, Edmonsham

A ditched linear feature to the southeast of Hill Wood, Edmonsham, is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is presumed to represent a historic trackway, probably post medieval in date, although an earlier origin is possible. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A ditched linear feature to the southeast of Hill Wood, Edmonsham, is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The curvilinear feature runs southwest to join a historic trackway leading south from Hill Wood, present on the OS 1st Edition map. It also corresponds with a ditched linear on the opposite side of the trackway, which continues on the same alignment (MDO40289). The feature is presumed to represent a historic trackway, probably post medieval in date, although an earlier origin is possible.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 25-SEP-45, RAF/106G/UK/842 V 5078-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15772.

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Mar 14 2018 9:14AM