Monument record MDO38698 - Post medieval extractive pit or dewpond, Manshay Barton, Marshwood

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Summary

A small hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Manshay Barton. It is 8m across and marked as a tree-clump on the OS 1st edition map. The feature is considered likely to be an extractve pit or dewpond of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A small hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Manshay Barton (1). It is 8m across and marked as a tree-clump on the OS 1st edition map (2). The feature is considered likely to be an extractve pit or dewpond of post medieval origin. 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 FP 1411-2.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 38895 99486 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY39NE
Civil Parish Marshwood; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:37AM

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