Monument record MDO46670 - Probable post medieval extractive pits, East Almer Farm, Sturminster Marshall

A group of several probable post medieval extractive pits to the north of East Almer Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The largest and northernmost feature is shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map. On an OS map of 1955 this is recorded as a pond. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A group of several probable post medieval extractive pits to the north of East Almer Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The largest and northernmost feature is shown but not named on the OS 1st Edition map [3]. On an OS map of 1955 this is recorded as a pond [4]. 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> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5132 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19936.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

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

Record last edited

Jul 13 2023 10:17AM