Monument record MDO38478 - Post medieval extractive pit, Bellair, Whitchurch Canonicorum

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Summary

A small hollow, 35m across, is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery immediately to the south of the A35 to the east of Bellair. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. It is marked as an Old Gravel Pit on the OS 1st edition map and is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit.

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A small hollow, 35m across, is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery immediately to the south of the A35 to the east of Bellair (1). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP. It is marked as an Old Gravel Pit on the OS 1st edition map (2) and is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy3893_dtm_1m.asc.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 38695 93926 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY39SE
Civil Parish Whitchurch Canonicorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 9:40AM

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