Monument record MDO31151 - Post medieval narrow gauge railway, East Creech, Church Knowle

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Summary

A 19th and 20th century narrow gauge railway serving the clay workings on Creech Heath and East Creech. Earthworks relating to a disused branch of the main railway are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945.

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A 19th and 20th century narrow gauge railway serving the clay workings on Creech Heath and East Creech. Earthworks relating to a disused branch of the main railway are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 (1). Sections of the original course of the railway are fossilised in modern roads and trackways, features not already mapped as such on the OS Mastermap were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2413-14.

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Location

Grid reference SY 92810 82816 (point) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Church Knowle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 NW 41

Record last edited

Jul 17 2014 8:59AM

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