Monument record MDO41530 - 18th or 19th century extractive pit, Parley Common, Ferndown Town

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The probable site of a post medieval extractive pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1954 at the northern end of Parley Common under what is now Trent Way, Ferndale. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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The probable site of a post medieval extractive pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1954 at the northern end of Parley Common under what is now Trent Way, Ferndale (1). The hollow is 32m across and was destroyed by modern housing by 1981 (2), it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-SEP-1954. RAF 58/1567 F21 0226-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 14-JUN-1981. OS/81016 V 276-7.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0946 0082 (point) (38 map features)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2018 11:40AM

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