Monument record MWX4469 - Post medieval sand pit, Ferncroft Farm, Wareham Town

Two pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of a field to the north-east of Ferncroft Farm. They are considered likely to be remains of the post medieval sand pit recorded here on the 2nd Edition OS Map. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

A sand pit marked on the second edition OS map. One pit, south of Woodbine Cottage, is shown on the 1:25-inch scale map published in 1889.

Two pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of a field to the north-east of Ferncroft Farm. They are considered likely to be remains of the post medieval sand pit recorded here on the 2nd Edition OS Map. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XLIX.4 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.

'Sand Pit'

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XLIX.4 Revised ca.1887, Published: ca.1889 (Map). SDO11594.

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

Ordnance Survey, 07-MAR-1971, OS/71005 002-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13412.

Ordnance Survey, 16-APR-1982, OS/82032 181-82 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13418.

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

Record last edited

Oct 28 2025 10:22AM