Monument record MDO25430 - Extractive pits near Friar Waddon Dairy, Portesham

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Summary

Two pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. They are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval extractive pits. Not detected in the Winterbourne Abbas Corridor Geophysical Suvey in 2017 (EDO7852).

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Full Description

Two pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1-2}. They are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval extractive pits. These features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Not detected in the Winterbourne Abbas Corridor Geophysical Suvey in 2017 (EDO7852). However, field 216A was strongly distorted by overhead cables and ferrous debris. Nothing of obvious archaeological interest was noted in this field.


Roseveare, M J, 2017, Visual Impact Provision (VIP) Project – Dorset, Geophysical Survey Report (Unpublished document). SDO18127.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-1-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11906.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3293-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11893.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: Roseveare, M J. 2017. Visual Impact Provision (VIP) Project – Dorset, Geophysical Survey Report.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3293-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 63685 85781 (105m by 67m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 1 2022 3:54PM

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