Monument record MDO46644 - Post medieval quarries, Newton Peveril Farm, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

Two post medieval quarries to the northwest of Newton Peveril Farm, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map and are recorded as 'old quarries' on a 1955 OS map. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

Two post medieval quarries to the northwest of Newton Peveril Farm, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The features are shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map and are recorded as 'old quarries' on a 1955 OS map [2, 3]. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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

<3> Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1955, Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500 (Map). SDO18568.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. xx-xxx-1955. Ordnance Survey Epocha5_2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9331 9988 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 12:30PM

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