Monument record MDO46976 - Post medieval gravel pit, Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A small sub-circular hollow to the west of Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is recorded as an old gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A small sub-circular hollow to the west of Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The feature is recorded as an old gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The feature is still visible as a low depression on 2002 Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4136.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9262 9541 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2023 2:00PM

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