Monument record MDO41512 - Post medieval gravel pit, Corfe Mullen

A large gravel pit at Corfe Mullen is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. It is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as Corfe Mullen Gravel Pit. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A large gravel pit at Corfe Mullen is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The gravel pit extends over an area approximately 118m long by 89m wide. It is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as Corfe Mullen Gravel Pit, where it is shown as a larger feature; already infilled by some housing by 1946 (1-2).

The site is under housing and trees on current Google Earth imagery and the features are no longer visible. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3250-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16171.

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

Record last edited

Aug 30 2018 8:39AM