Monument record MDO38667 - Post medieval extractive pit, Lower Newnham Farm, Broadwindsor

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Lower Newnham Farm is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s and a Lidar survey of 2010. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Full Description

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Lower Newnham Farm is visible as an earthwork around 65m long on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and a Lidar survey of 2010 (2). The site is showing as an enclosure under plantation on the OS 1st Edition historic mapping (3) and the site is still under tree cover on the latest Google Earth imagery (4). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.


<1> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14772.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, ST4102dtm.1m.acs (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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

<4> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11 APR 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2409-10.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. ST4102dtm.1m.acs.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2006. Google Earth vertical photograph.

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Location

Grid reference ST 41839 02181 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Broadwindsor; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:33AM

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