Monument record MDO38721 - Post medieval extractive pit or dewpond, Higher Park Farm, Marshwood

A hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Higher Park Farm. It is 26m 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 hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Higher Park Farm. It is 26m 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. The site has been plough-levelled and is not visible on lidar 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> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy3998_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:41AM