Monument record MDO47021 - Possible post medieval extractive pits, Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers

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Several ditched sub circular hollows to the northeast of Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current lidar imagery. The features could potentially be post medieval extractive pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Several ditched sub circular hollows to the northeast of Castle Hill, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current lidar imagery [1,2]. The features could potentially be post medieval extractive pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9434 9644 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2023 3:00PM

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