Monument record MDO41302 - Post medieval clay pit, West Parley, Ferndown Town

A post medieval extractive pit on heathland to the west of West Parley is visible on current Lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as an old clay pit on the OS 1 st Edition map. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A post medieval extractive pit on heathland to the west of West Parley is visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The pit is irregular in form and up to 92.5m long by up to 86m wide. It is recorded as an old clay pit on the OS 1 st Edition map; the extent of extraction appears greater on current Lidar imagery than indicated on the 1st Edition map, suggesting it may still have seen use post late 19th Century (2).

The site is under trees on current Google Earth imagery, although clearly visible on current Lidar imagery (1). The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

Record last edited

Jul 24 2018 10:47AM