Monument record MDO46692 - Probable post medieval extractive pit, Marsh Wood, Morden

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Summary

A probable post medieval extractive pit within Marsh Wood, Morden, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is most likely a chalk or gravel pit. The feature is shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A probable post medieval extractive pit within Marsh Wood, Morden, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is most likely a chalk or gravel pit. The feature is shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map [3]. It was 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> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5132.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9180 9890 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Morden; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2023 2:52PM

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