Monument record MDO39693 - Post medieval extractive pits, Sopley Common, Hurn

Post medieval extractive pits on Sopley Common are visible on current Lidar imagery. The pits are shown as clay pits and sand pits on the OS 1st Edition map and may be associated with a post medieval brickyard. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

Post medieval extractive pits on Sopley Common are visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The pits are shown as clay pits and sand pits on the OS 1st Edn map (2) and are located to the north and south of a post medieval brickyard (MWX4815), with which they may be associated.

The extractive pits to the south of the former brickyard are still visible on current Google Earth imagery (3); the pit to the north is under tree cover and not visible.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

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

<3> Google Earth, 2017, Google Earth 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15388.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2017 3:10PM