Monument record MDO42895 - Post medieval drainage ditches and field boundaries Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton

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Summary

Banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on the northeast side of Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton. The features are considered likely to be drainage ditches and/or field boundaries of probable post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Full Description

Banked and ditched linear features are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on the northeast side of Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton (1). The features are considered likely to be drainage ditches and/or field boundaries of probable post medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. Many of the features are still visible on 2008 Google Earth imagery (2).


<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4276-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16872.

<2> Google Earth, 20-SEPT-08, Google Earth Imagery 2008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16849.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-48. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4276-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 20-SEPT-08. Google Earth Imagery 2008.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6021 9726 (point) (10 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Maiden Newton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 4:26PM

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