Monument record MDO38552 - Post medieval extractive pit, Pilsdon Pen, Broadwindsor

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Summary

An area of post medieval extraction measuring around 35m wide by 130m long is visible as an earthwork to the northwest of Pilsdon Pen on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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An area of post medieval extraction around 135m long is visible as an earthwork to the northwest of Pilsdon Pen on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). The site is still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2), now within an area of scrub and woodland. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11 APR 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2335-6.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2006. Google Earth vertical photograph.

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Location

Grid reference ST 41078 01747 (point) (84 map features)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Broadwindsor; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:19AM

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