Monument record MDO41140 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Knighton, Poole

An irregular ditched feature to the southwest of Knighton is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is situated within a pasture field and may be a small post medieval extractive pit but could alternatively be a dewpond. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

An irregular ditched feature to the southwest of Knighton is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is around 5m long by 3.5m wide and is situated on the western edges of a pasture field where a number of narrow tracks, possibly animal tracks, appear to converge around it. The feature may be a small post medieval extractive pit but could alternatively be a post medieval dewpond.

The site is still open fields on current Google Earth imagery but the feature is no longer visible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-45, RAF/106G/T/16 FVp1 7032 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16034.

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Jan 6 2020 11:03AM