Monument record MDO39438 - Post Medieval extractive pit, Verwood Common, Verwood

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Summary

An extractive pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Verwood Common. The site has since been destroyed and is now under modern housing at Verwood. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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An extractive pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Verwood Common (RAF 1946). The site has since been destroyed and is now under modern housing at Verwood. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


Royal Air Force, 18-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1845 RS 4020-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15427.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1845 RS 4020-1.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SU 10354 08331 (49m by 29m) (49 map features)
Map sheet SU10NW
Civil Parish Verwood; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 12 2026 12:36PM

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