Monument record MDO45675 - Post medieval trackways, Forest Bourne Farm, Lytchett Minster

Ditched curvilinear features are visible as earthworks to the northeast of Forest Bourne Farm, Lytchett Minster, on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are aligned north-south within fields shown as rough ground on historic OS mapping and are considered likely to be historic trackways of potentially post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Ditched curvilinear features are visible as earthworks to the northeast of Forest Bourne Farm, Lytchett Minster, on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features are aligned north-south within fields shown as rough ground on historic OS mapping and are considered likely to be historic trackways of potentially post medieval origin. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The features are mainly under trees and not visible on 2021 APGB imagery, apart from two ditched linears in the north of the group, visible as cropmarks [3].

<1> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4085 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19459.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4087 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19434.

<3> Pan Government Agreement, XX-XX-2021, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (Aerial Photograph). SDO19455.

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Feb 21 2023 1:49PM