Monument record MDO45636 - Possible early 20th century orchard, Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers

An area of parallel ridged cultivation marks on the south side of Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers is visible as faint earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features may be those of the remnants of an early 20th century orchard shown at this location on the OS 3rd Edition and a5 Epoch maps. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

An area of parallel ridged cultivation marks on the south side of Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers is visible as faint earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features may be those of the remnants of an early 20th century orchard shown at this location on the OS 3rd Edition and a5 Epoch maps [3, 4]. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.They are no longer visible on 2021 APGB imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4246 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19437.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2140 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19436.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<4> Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1955, Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500 (Map). SDO18568.

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Feb 17 2023 2:49PM