Monument record MDO47132 - Post medieval extractive pits, Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A cluster of small sub-circular hollows to the west of Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered to be post medieval extractive pits, possibly gravel or chalk pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A cluster of small sub-circular hollows to the west of Old Park Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The features are considered to be post medieval extractive pits, possibly gravel or chalk pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


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

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9274 9527 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 19 2023 4:29PM

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