Monument record MDO48326 - Brick and tile works, Ryme Intrinseca

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Summary

A brick and tile works shown on the 1:25 inch scale Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1886. Clay pits and associated buildings are visible on a 1947 aerial photograph. The clay pits remain visible as hollow earthworks on lidar but on satellite imagery the site is under tree cover, it is not clear if any of the buildings survive in any form above ground.

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Full Description

A brick and tile works shown on the 1:25 inch scale Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1886. Clay pits and associated buildings are visible on a 1947 aerial photograph. The clay pits remain visible as hollow earthworks on lidar but on satellite imagery the site is under tree cover, it is not clear if any of the buildings survive in any form above ground (RAF 1947; EA 2022; OS 1887; GE 2025).


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Somerset XC.14 Surveyed 1886, Published 1887 (Map). SDO10239.

Google Earth, 16-04-2025, Google Earth Imagery 2025 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21533.

Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

Royal Air Force, xx-xxx-1947, RAF VAP 1974-4059 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21973.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Somerset XC.14 Surveyed 1886, Published 1887.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 16-04-2025. Google Earth Imagery 2025.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2022. LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. xx-xxx-1947. RAF VAP 1974-4059.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 5813 0947 (231m by 129m)
Map sheet ST50NE
Civil Parish Ryme Intrinseca; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 7 2026 1:42PM

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