Monument record MDO38716 - Post medieval extractive pit or dewpond, Cypress Farm, Marshwood

A small hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south east of Cypress Farm. It is 18m 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 to the south east of Cypress Farm (1). It is 18m across and marked as a solid feature on the OS 1st edition map (2). 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. It is no longer visible on recent Google Earth imagery (3)

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

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

<3> Google Earth, 2010, Vertical Aerial Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14600.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:40AM