Monument record MDO30953 - Post medieval quarry, Beacon Hill, Lynchett Minster

A group of post medieval extractive pits and spoil mounds are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Upton Heath, Lynchett Minster taken in 1948 . Clay and sand pits are shown here on historic OS Maps. This quarry has since been expanded and is now under operation as Beacon Hill Clay Pits.

A group of post medieval extractive pits and spoil mounds are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Upton Heath, Lynchett Minster taken in 1948 (1). Clay and sand pits are shown here on historic OS Maps (2-4). These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. Modern OS mapping and recent Google Earth imagery shows that this quarry has since been expanded and is now under operation as Beacon Hill Clay Pits.

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4085-86 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13536.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

Record last edited

Jul 10 2014 1:04PM