Monument record MDO30825 - Early modern gravel pit, Worgret Heath, Arne

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Summary

An early modern gravel pit is marked here in on the 3rd Edition OS Map, located along the southern edge of Worgret Heath, Arne. This feature is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1945-46.

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An early modern gravel pit is marked here in on the 3rd Edition OS Map (1), located along the southern edge of Worgret Heath, Arne. This feature is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1945-46 (2-3). It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is still visible as a cropmark on the most recent Google Earth Imagery.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1923-33. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 14-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/194 236-38.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6407.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9020 8710 (79m by 61m) (129 map features)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 3 2014 2:14PM

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