Monument record MDO41528 - 18th or 19th century gravel pit, Parley Common, Ferndown Town

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Summary

An Old Gravel Pit is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition map at the northern end of Parley Common to the south of what is now Petwyn Close. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1954 and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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An Old Gravel Pit is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition map at the northern end of Parley Common to the south of what is now Petwyn Close (1). The hollow is 23m across and visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1954; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP (2). The site is not visible on lidar imagery and may have been levelled.

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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. 21-SEP-1954. RAF 58/1567 F21 0226-7.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0911 0056 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2018 11:29AM

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