Monument record MDO30940 - Post medieval clay pits, Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster

Clay pits are marked here on on the First and Second Edition OS Maps of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster. A group of pits are visible here as earthworks on aerial photographs. They are considered likely to be remains associated with the post medieval clay pits described above.

Clay pits are marked here on on the First and Second Edition OS Maps (1-2).

A group of pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster (3-4). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval gravel pits. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are still partially visible as earthworks on the most recent Google Earth imagery. The site is now in use as a modern caravan and camping site.

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4043-44 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13538.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4084-85 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13539.

Record last edited

Jul 9 2014 3:34PM