Monument record MDO40974 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Pig Oak, Holt

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A shallow sub-oval depression in a field to the east of Pig Oak is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature may be an extractive pit of probable post medieval date. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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A shallow sub-oval depression in a field to the east of Pig Oak is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1). The feature is 31m long by up to 14.7m wide. It may be a post medieval extractive pit. The site is still fields on current Google Earth imagery. The feature may be visible as a cropmark in 2012 (2). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3104-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 01-JUN-2012. Google Earth 2012.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0263 0339 (point) (38 map features)
Map sheet SU00SW
Civil Parish Holt; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 16 2018 12:25PM

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