A series of hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the ridge to the south of Lutton. An old quarry is marked in the vicinity on the OS 1st edition maps. The features are considered to be post medieval extraction pits.
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31247A series of small hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the ridge to the south of Lutton. An old quarry is marked in the vicinity on the OS 1st edition maps. The features are considered to be post medieval extraction pits (1-2). They are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery and were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.
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<1> SDO13471
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4234-5.
<2> SDO13618
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-JAN-1962. RAF 58/4878 (F21) 0069-70.
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SY 90170 80223 (point) (15 map features)
Map sheet
SY98SW
Civil Parish
Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
Aug 17 2015 3:48PM
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