Monument record MDO49683 - Post medieval clay pit, Okeford Fitzpaine

A large post medieval clay pit is visible as an earthwork to the south of Okeford Fitzpaine on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is recorded on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map where it forms part of a Brick and Tile Works (MDO26036). The extent of the extractive area on a 1947 aerial photograph is larger than that shown c1880s and appears roughly the same size on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A large post medieval clay pit around 110m by 136m in extent is visible as an earthwork to the south of Okeford Fitzpaine on 1940s aerial photographs (RAF 1947). The feature is recorded on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map where it forms part of a Brick and Tile Works (MDO26036). The extent of the extractive area on a 1947 aerial photograph is larger than that shown c1880s and appears roughly the same size on current Environment Agency lidar imagery (OS c1880; EA 2018). The feature was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 FP 1329 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21513.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

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Nov 28 2025 9:54AM