Monument record MDO39158 - Gravel pit, Fir Pound, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

Gravel pit shown on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey map. The feature is visible as an earthwork on a 1946 aerial photograph, where it appears much extended. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Gravel pit shown on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey map [1]. The feature is visible as an earthwork on a 1946 aerial photograph, where it appears much extended, with a trackway accessing into it from the road to the north [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FP 1172.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9507 9520 (23m by 26m)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2023 9:41AM

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