Monument record MDO38160 - Post medieval extractive pit, Higher Moorbath, Symondsbury

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Summary

A hollow, 28m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the northeast of Higher Moorbath. It is not marked on the OS 1st Edition map and is considered to be a post medieval extractive pit. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A hollow, 28m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the northeast of Higher Moorbath (1). It is not marked on the OS 1st Edition map and is considered to be a post medieval extractive pit. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. The site has since been plough-levelled and and is visible as cropmarks (2).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4171-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile. SY4395.ecw.

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Location

Grid reference SY 43798 95432 (point) (43 map features)
Map sheet SY49NW
Civil Parish Symondsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2019 5:08PM

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