Monument record MWX4296 - Post medieval pier, Gold Point, Arne

A pier or quay is marked on 1840 Tithe Map at Gold Point, Arne. A rectilinear structure is visible as a submerged feature on aerial photographs of Gold Point taken in 1947. It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval pier shown here on the 1840 Tithe Map.

A pier or quay is marked on 1840 Tithe Map at Gold Point, Arne (1).

A rectilinear structure is visible as a submerged feature on aerial photographs of Gold Point taken in 1947 (2). It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval pier shown here on the 1840 Tithe Map. It was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). This feature is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (3).

<1> Unknown, pre-2004, Collection of Digitised Tithe Maps (Digital archive). SWX8753.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 3045-46 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12745.

<3> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2013 8:52AM