Monument record MDO31008 - Post medieval or later extractive pit or pond, Upton Heath, Lytchett Minster

A pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of fields to the south of Upton Heath. This feature is also marked here on historic Ordnance Survey maps. It is considered likely to be the remains of a post medieval pond. It has since been built over by modern development.

A pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of fields to the south of Upton Heath (1-2). This feature is also marked here on Historic OS Maps (3-5). It is considered likely to be the remains of a post medieval pond. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. This feature is not visible as on the most recent Google Earth imagery, this area having since been built over by modern development.

<1> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA/194 168-69 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13534.

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3085-86 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13532.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

Record last edited

Dec 11 2015 3:32PM