Monument record MDO40559 - Post medieval drainage system, Christchurch

Ditched linear earthworks on the Avon River floodplain to the northeast of Christchurch are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The features are considered to be post medieval drainage features and were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ditched linear earthworks on the Avon River floodplain to the northeast of Christchurch are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (RAF 1947) and on current Lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2015).

The features are considered to be post medievaldrainage ditches.

The featrues are still largely visible on current Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Royal Air Force, 05-Sep-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2289 Vp3 5240-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15850.

Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4277-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15848.

XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

Record last edited

Dec 17 2025 6:56PM