Monument record MDO45617 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Henbury Manor, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

A possible post medieval extractive pit to the south of Henbury Manor, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a cropmark on a 1959 aerial photograph and as a faint earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A possible post medieval extractive pit to the south of Henbury Manor, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a cropmark on a 1959 aerial photograph and as a faint earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 24-JAN-1959, RAF/58/2687 F21 102 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19465.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 24-JAN-1959. RAF/58/2687 F21 102.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9638 9796 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 17 2023 12:03PM

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