Monument record MDO31161 - Post medieval embankment, Furzebrook, Arne

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Summary

A linear bank, probably associated with the 19th and 20th century narrow gauge railway serving the clay workings on Creech Heath and East Creech is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the east of Furzebrook.

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Full Description

A linear bank, probably associated with the 19th and 20th century narrow gauge railway serving the clay workings on Creech Heath and East Creech is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the east of Furzebrook (1-2). The site is still extant on the latest Google Earth imagery and was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 10-FEB-1945. RAF 106G/LA/128 7058-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4409-10.

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Location

Grid reference SY 93567 84284 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

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

Record last edited

Aug 18 2015 10:23AM

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