Monument record MDO41330 - Post medieval clay pit, Poor Common, Ferndown Town

A ditched hollow feature on Poor Common is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as 'Old Clay Pit' on the OS 1st Edition map; the extent of the feature on current Lidar imagery indicates additional extraction may have taken place post late 19th Century, however. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A ditched hollow feature on Poor Common is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery (1 and 2).

The feature comprises an irregular hollow 104.3m long by up to 85m wide. It is recorded as 'Old Clay Pit' on the OS 1st Edition map; the extent of the feature on current Lidar imagery indicates additional extraction may have taken place post late 19th Century, however.

The feature was digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RS 4043-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16095.

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

Record last edited

Jul 26 2018 1:50PM