Monument record MDO25583 - Portesham, extractive pits

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Summary

Four pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval extractive pits.

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Four pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs {1-4}. They are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval extractive pits. Alternatively they could be of a modern agricultural origin. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1067-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 1-2-1968. MAL 68052-3.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-1-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3291-2.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: 21-4-1984. NMR OS/84038 419.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 60688 85186 (540m by 354m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2012 5:28AM

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