Monument record MDO45567 - Post medieval clay pit, Lytchett Matravers

A post medieval extractive pit to the north of Barrow Hill, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is within an area of sand, silt and clay geology and is documented on the OS 1st Edition map as an old clay pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A post medieval extractive pit to the north of Barrow Hill, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The feature is within an area of sand, silt and clay geology and is documented on the OS 1st Edition map as an old clay pit [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The feature may still survive below trees on 2002 Google Earth imagery [3].

<1> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4087 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19434.

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

<3> Google Earth, 01-JAN-2002, Google Earth Imagery 2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19438.

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Feb 16 2023 11:54AM