Monument record MDO41809 - Post medieval sand pit, Kingston Lacy, Pamphill

A post medieval extractive pit on the south side of Kingston Lacy Park is visible on current Lidar imagery. A smaller sand pit is recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A post medieval extractive pit on the west side of Kingston Lacy Park is visible on current Lidar imagery (1).

The feature comprises a semi-circular scarped depression approximately 64.8m long by up to 40m deep and open on its west side where it abuts a historic trackway. A smaller sand pit is recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map (2).

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

<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

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

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:30PM