Monument record MDO31830 - Post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit, Crossways.

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A large post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Outer Heath, Crossways. The pit has been digitally plotted to its extent in the 1940s, but now forms part of Warmwell Quarry.

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A large post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Outer Heath, Crossways. The pit has been digitally plotted to its extent in the 1940s, but now forms part of Warmwell Quarry. The pit measured approximately 590 m by 360 m. ( 1-3) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: United States Army Air Forces. 04-JAN-1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5006-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4018-19.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7572 8787 (370m by 597m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Crossways; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2014 2:05PM

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