Monument record MDO38646 - Post medieval extractive pit, Whetham Farm, Broadwindsor

A post medieval extractive pit to the southwest of Whetham Farm is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A probable post medieval extractive pit to the southwest of Whetham Farm is visible as an earthwork around 56m long on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (1). An aerial photograph taken in 1947 (1) shows the area of quarrying abutting a post medieval or earlier boundary (MDO38645) to the west, indicating that this boundary was probably in situ and still extant when the quarrying commenced. The site is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4408-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14789.

<2> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:30AM