Monument record MDO30750 - Post medieval limestone quarrying, Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers

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Hollows associated with post medieval limestone quarrying are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945.

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Hollows associated with post medieval limestone quarrying are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. (1). The features are under scrub and no longer visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/187 4005-6.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Papworth M. 1994. Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region. 53.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 99355 79376 (175m by 103m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Langton Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record

Record last edited

Dec 12 2018 12:22PM

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