A post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of 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 post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of 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 190 m by 100 m. ( 1-3) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO13766
Aerial Photograph: United States Army Air Forces. 04-JAN-1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5006-7.
<2> SDO13768
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4018-19.
<3> SDO13769
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3.
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Centred SY 7562 8827 (212m by 120m) (2 map features)
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SY78NE
Civil Parish
Crossways; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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Record last edited
Oct 9 2014 2:14PM
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