Monument record MDO50974 - Post Medieval quarry south of Stafford's Green, Sandford Orcas

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Surviving earthworks of a post medieval quarry.

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Earthworks relating to a post medieval quarry first depicted on the 2nd ed OS map survive and are visible in LiDAR imagery; the quarry is dug into the west end of an earlier lynchet. <1, 2>


<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Somerset LXXXIII.4 (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2. paper. 1:2500. Somerset LXXXIII.4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2022. LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 6291 2129 (57m by 26m)
Map sheet ST62SW
Civil Parish Sandford Orcas; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2026 1:42PM

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