Monument record MDO31951 - Post medieval extractive pits, Bindon Range, East Lulworth

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Summary

Two pits are visible as earthworks to the west of Broom's Plantation on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are considered likely to be extractive pits of post-medieval date.

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Two extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the west of Broom's Plantation <1>. They appear to have been levelled and are no longer visible on recent Google Earth imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2428-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13816.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2428-29.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 84790 81713 (68m by 73m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish East Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 20 2016 11:20AM

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