Monument record MDO30363 - Post medieval or early twentieth-century quarrying, Whitcombe Hill, Winfrith Newburgh

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Post medieval or early twentieth-century quarrying is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 on Whitcombe Hill, Winfrith Newburgh.

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Post medieval or early twentieth-century quarrying is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken on Whitcombe Hill, Winfrith Newburgh (1-2). The features are marked as 'Sand Pit' on the OS 1st edition map and 'Gravel Pit' on the 2nd edition. They are partially still visible as earthworks on the most recent Google Earth imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3068-70.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Crawford, O G S. XX-XXX-XXXX. SY8187/1 CCC11755 5889-90.

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Grid reference Centred SY 80672 87555 (218m by 240m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 4 2014 12:04PM

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