Two linear areas of probable post medieval or modern open cast extraction are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the east of Moreton Pit, Crossways.
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Two linear areas of probable post medieval or modern open cast extraction are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the east of Moreton Pit, Crossways. The earthworks consist of two linear extractive pits, flanked by banks of spoil, measuring up to 113 m in length. (1-2) The pits are not visible as earthworks on recent aerial photography. (3) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO13841
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4022-23.
<2> SDO13769
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3.
<3> SDO13314
Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.
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Location
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Centred SY 7824 8880 (133m by 89m) (7 map features)
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SY78NE
Civil Parish
Crossways; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Oct 21 2014 2:50PM
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