Monument record MDO24712 - Blagdon Hill, hollow

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Summary

A large sub-rectangular hollow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit.

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A large sub-rectangular hollow, measuring 28 x 48 meters, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1}. It is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit. This feature was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11791.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 61896 87988 (42m by 56m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2012 3:29AM

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