Monument record MDO38542 - Post medieval extractive pit and trackway, Pilsdon Hill Farm, Pilsdon

A post medieval extractive pit and trackway to the east of Pilsdon Hill Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The quarry is shown as a gravel pit on the OS First Edition historic mapping. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A small extractive pit and trackway to the east of Pilsdon Hill Farm are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (1). The extractive pit is shown as a gravel pit on the OS First Edition historic mapping (2), suggesting a post medieval origin. The extractive pit is still faintly visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4333-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14760.

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

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:18AM