Monument record MDO47018 - Medieval to post medieval field boundaries and trackways, Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

Banked and ditched curvilinear features in fields to the northeast of Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current lidar imagery. The features are located within, and divide, a historic field of probable medieval derivation and are considered likely to be field boundaries and trackways of medieval to post medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

Banked and ditched curvilinear features in fields to the northeast of Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current lidar imagery [1-4]. The features are located within, and divide, a historic field of probable medieval derivation and are considered likely to be field boundaries and trackways of medieval to post medieval origin. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RP 3202 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20051.

<2> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4244 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19959.

<3> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19967.

<4> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RP 3202.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4244.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9434 9634 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 17 2023 3:30PM

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