Monument record MDO23324 - Quarry, Radipole, Weymouth

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Summary

A quarry shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864, hollow shown on subsequent maps but not marked as a quarry. Site visible on aerial photographs.

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A quarry shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864, hollow shown on subsequent maps but not marked as a quarry. {1} The site of the quarry is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {2} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4458-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 66485 81029 (122m by 50m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 28 2010 1:32PM

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