Monument record MWX4462 - Gravel pit, Wareham St Martin

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Summary

A gravel pit is marked at this location on the 1st and 2nd epoch Ordnance Survey maps. Pits and earthworks associated with this gravel extraction are visible on aerial photographs of Lodge Wood taken in 1947.

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A gravel pit is marked at this location on the 1st and 2nd epoch Ordnance Survey maps <1> <2>. Pits and earthworks associated with this gravel extraction are visible on aerial photographs of Lodge Wood taken in 1947 <3>. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project, this area now covered in dense scrub.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3058-59.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 89701 88543 (102m by 116m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY88NE
Civil Parish Wareham St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: MWX4462

Record last edited

May 23 2016 4:17PM

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