Monument record MDO46647 - Probable post medieval extractive pits, Stag Gate, Sturminster Marshall

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A concentration of probable post medieval extractive pits at Newton Peveril, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are most likely chalk or gravel pits - several are recorded as ponds on a 1955 OS map. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A concentration of probable post medieval extractive pits at Newton Peveril, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The features are most likely chalk or gravel pits - several are recorded as ponds on a 1955 OS map [2]. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. xx-xxx-1955. Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9371 9969 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 12:23PM

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