A quarry and a series of circular pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of South Heath, East Stoke. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern sand and gravel quarrying. This area has since been levelled by modern quarrying.
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A quarry and a series of circular pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of South Heath, East Stoke (1-2). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern sand and gravel quarrying activities. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most comprehensive aerial images available to the project, having since been levelled by modern quarrying in this area.
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<1> SDO13188
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 10-FEB-1945. RAF 106G/LA/128 7093-94.
<2> SDO13189
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3059-60.
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Location
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Centred SY 8871 8772 (594m by 486m) (48 map features)
Map sheet
SY88NE
Civil Parish
East Stoke; Dorset
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Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Aug 19 2015 1:57PM
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