Monument record MWX4815 - Sopley Common: Brickyard

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Summary

A brickyard marked on the first edition OS map. Banked earthworks are visible to the northeast of Brickyard Cottage on 1940s aerial photographs. These may be garden features but might possibly be the remains of structures associated with the post medieval brickyard. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A brickyard and kilns marked on the first edition OS map, (1) Banked earthworks are visible to the northeast of Brickyard Cottage on 1940s aerial photographs (2). These may be garden features but might possibly be the remains of structures associated with the post medieval brickyard. The earthworks are no longer clearly visible on current Google Earth imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3217-8.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 1341 9708 (point) (5 map features)
Map sheet SZ19NW
Civil Parish Hurn; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Nov 2 2017 3:16PM

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