Monument record MDO48481 - Post medieval gravel pits, Tolpuddle Common

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Summary

Gravel pits are marked on the OS 1st edition map on Tolpuddle Common, Tolpuddle. They are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. They are part of a wider area of hollows and spoil heaps visibale across the whole extent of the Common.

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Gravel pits are marked on the OS 1st edition map on Tolpuddle Common, Tolpuddle <1>. They are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project <2>.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7969 9520 (point)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Tolpuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 6:29PM

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