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.
Sources/Archives (2)
<1> SDO13769
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3.
<2> SDO13314
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
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
Other Statuses/References
None recorded
Record last edited
Oct 21 2014 2:33PM
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