Monument record MDO45607 - Post medieval clay pit, Beacon Hill, Corfe Mullen

Post medieval extractive pits and trackways on Beacon Hill, Corfe Mullen, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are first documented on the OS 3rd Edition map and named on the OS a5Epoch map dated 1955 as Corfe Mullen Clay Pit. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Post medieval extractive pits and trackways on Beacon Hill, Corfe Mullen, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1, 2]. The features are first documented on the OS 3rd Edition map, which shows the main trackway into the pit from the north as a tramway. A further section of tramway and a kiln are shown in the southwest section of the feature [3]. The pit is named on the OS a5Epoch map dated 1955 as Corfe Mullen Clay Pit - this documents the kiln as 'old kiln' and the tramways are not marked by this time [4]. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The pit is now absorbed within the Beacon Hill Works.

<1> Royal Air Force, 01-SEP-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2280 V 5065 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19463.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4085 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19459.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<4> Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1955, Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500 (Map). SDO18568.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2023 9:47AM