Monument record MDO41390 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Parley Common,West Parley

A possible post medieval extractive pit on Parley Common is visible as a long shallow irregular depression on 1940s aerial photographs. Alternatively, it is possible that the feature may be natural in origin. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A possible post medieval extractive pit on Parley Common is visible as a long shallow irregular depression on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is up to 235m long by up to 72m wide, forming a long sinuous and irregular hollow that is partly water-filled in 1947 (1). Whilst it may be a post medieval extractive pit assoociated with shallow surface extraction, it may alternatively be natural, or partly natural in origin.

The site is part of Ferndown Golf Course and partly under trees on current Google Earth imagery. The feature is no longer visible. It was digitally plotted from 1940s aerial photographs by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4290-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16116.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2018 3:48PM