Monument record MDO30183 - Post medieval clay pit, Little Trigon Hill Plantation, Wareham St Martin

An 'old clay pit' is marked at this location on the First Edition OS Map. Pits and earthworks associated with this clay extraction are visible on aerial photographs of Little Trigon Hill Plantation taken in 1956. They are not visible on recent aerial images, having now been destroyed by modern quarrying.

An 'old clay pit' is marked at this location on the First Edition OS Map (1). Pits and earthworks associated with this clay extraction are visible on aerial photographs of Little Trigon Hill Plantation taken in 1956 (2). 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, having now been destroyed by modern quarrying.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Royal Air Force, 09-APR-1956, RAF 58/1976 F22 0011-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13200.

Record last edited

Aug 19 2015 2:14PM