Monument record MDO31682 - Post medieval extractive pit, Haremere Wood, Wool

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Summary

A small rounded hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1970 to the south west of the Coombe Beacon barrow group. It is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit.

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A small rounded hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1970 to the south west of the Coombe Beacon barrow group (1). It is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project, it is still visible as a low earthwork on recent Google Earth vertical photographs (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0030-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. XX-XXX-2005. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 85615 84651 (635m by 652m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Coombe Keynes; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 11:37AM

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