Monument record MWX4468 - Post medieval gravel pit, Ferncroft Farm, Wareham Town

A group of pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of a field to the north-east of Ferncroft Farm. They are considered likely to be remains of the post medieval gravel pit recorded here on the 2nd Edition OS Map. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

A gravel pit marked on the second edition OS map (1).

A group of pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of a field to the north-east of Ferncroft Farm (2-3). They are considered likely to be remains of the post medieval gravel pit recorded here on the 2nd Edition OS Map. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3054-55 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13408.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-JUN-1950, RAF 58/477 5109-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13417.

Record last edited

Aug 19 2015 2:04PM