Monument record MDO23475 - Gravel Pit, Northleigh Lane, Colehill

Old Gravel Pit marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1885 & 1900, not shown on subsequent maps. The feature is visible as shallow earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

The gravel pit is visible as shallow earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature comprises an irregular shallow depression 127m long and up to 87m wide and bordered by roads on its south and west sides. The scarp edges are lined with low scrubby trees. (RAF 1946)

The feature is recorded as 'Old clay pit' on the OS 1st Edition map.

The site is under housing on current Google Earth imagery (2018) and the feature is no longer visible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXV.5 Surveyed: 1885. Published: ca. 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXXV.5 Revised: 1900, Published: 1901 (Map). SDO11594.

'Old Gravel Pit'

Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4104-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15911.

Record last edited

Aug 18 2026 11:45AM