Monument record MDO40977 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Rosedale Farm, Holt

A shallow sub-oval depressions in a field to the southwest of what is now Rosedale Farm is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is recorded as a sub-oval enclosure on the OS 1st Edition map, possibly reflecting a small post medieval extractive pit, or a medieval to post medieval pond? The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A shallow sub-oval depressions in a field to the southwest of what is now Rosedale Farm is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is 24m by 13.4m and is recorded as a sub-oval enclosure on the OS 1st Edition map (2). It may be a small post medieval extractive pit, or a medieval to post medieval pond?

The site is developed as housing and industrial premises on current Google Earth imagery. The feature may be incorporated into a larger pond. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4185-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15984.

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

Record last edited

May 16 2018 1:25PM