Monument record MDO31840 - Post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit, Moreton Pit, Crossways

A large post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north east of Crossways. The area of extraction has been digitally plotted to its extent in the 1940s, but now forms part of Moreton Pit.

A large post medieval to modern sand and gravel pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north east of Crossways. The area of extraction has been digitally plotted to its extent in the 1940s. (1-2) The southern part of the pit now forms part of Moreton Pit, and the northern area is now covered by a caravan park. (3) The pit measured approximately 570 m by 550 m. ( 1-2) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4020-21 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13772.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3003-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13775.

<3> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

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Aug 29 2024 12:01PM