Monument record MDO42893 - Post medieval gravel pits, Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton

Several small sub-circular pits and a larger elongated pit are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on the northeast side of Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton. The larger elongated feature is recorded as a gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map. The features are situated on a terrace of the River Frome and may all be small post medieval gravel pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Several small sub-circular pits and a larger elongated pit are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on the northeast side of Frome Vauchurch, Maiden Newton (1). The larger elongated feature is recorded as a gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The features are situated on a terrace of the River Frome and may all be small post medieval gravel pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.The features are still visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4276-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16872.

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

Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 3:47PM