Monument record MDO38713 - Post medieval extractive pit or dewpond, Higher Park Farm, Marshwood

A small hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the south east of Higher Park Farm. It is 22m across and marked as a solid feature on the OS 1st edition map. The feature is considered likely to be an extractive pit or dewpond of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A small hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the south east of Higher Park Farm (1-2). It is 22m across and marked as a solid feature on the OS 1st edition map (3). The feature is considered likely to be an extractive pit or dewpond of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1411-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14800.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy3998_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:39AM