Monument record MDO39153 - Clay pit, Lytchett Matravers

Clay pit shown on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey map, on which it is described as 'Old Clay Pit'. The feature is visible as an oval tree-filled hollow within a larger area of disturbed ground on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these sources during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Clay pit shown on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey map, on which it is described as 'Old Clay Pit' [1]. The feature is visible as an oval tree-filled hollow within a larger area of disturbed ground on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these sources during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project [2]. The oval feature is recorded as a pond on an OS map dated 1955 [3]. The feature is currently under trees on available Google Earth imagery.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, Dorset XLIII.2 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888 (Map). SDO18020.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4140 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20060.

<3> Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1955, Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500 (Map). SDO18568.

Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 4:10PM