Monument record MDO50600 - Post medieval gravel pit, Stoke Wake

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Summary

A subcircular hollow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery in a field to the east of Park Gate, Stoke Wake; it coincides with the location of an old gravel pit marked on the OS 1st edition map. A linear hollow runs from the pit in a south-easterly direction for 135m, this may be an associated trackway. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A subcircular hollow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery in a field to the east of Park Gate, Stoke Wake; it coincides with the location of an old gravel pit marked on the OS 1st edition map. A linear hollow runs from the pit in a south-easterly direction for 135m, this may be an associated trackway. The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.
( OS 1888, EA 2023)


<1> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Sources/Archives (2)

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

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Location

Grid reference ST 7533 0726 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Stoke Wake; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 19 2026 5:40PM

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