Monument record MDO32042 - Post medieval or modern extractive pit, north of Higher Woodsford, Woodsford

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A post medieval or modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1948 to the north of Higher Woodsford.

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A post medieval or modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1948 to the north of Higher Woodsford. The pit area is formed of four small pits, visible over an area measuring approximately 85 m by 20 m. (1) The pit is still visible as an earthwork, although disused, on recent aerial photography. (2) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7642 8943 (35m by 90m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Woodsford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 21 2014 2:33PM

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