Monument record MDO41518 - Historic extractive pit, Forest View Drive, Ferndown Town

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Summary

A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on heathland to the south east of what is now Forest View Drive. The hollow is 38m across and considered to be the potential site of an historic extractive pit. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery on heathland to the south east of what is now Forest View Drive (1). The hollow is 38m across and considered to be the potential site of an historic extractive pit. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


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

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0638 0034 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SU00SE
Civil Parish Ferndown Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2018 9:14AM

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