Monument record MDO30610 - Post medieval gravel pit, Great Oven Hill, Wareham St Martin

An area of extraction is visible on aerial photographs of Great Oven Hill, Wareham St Martin. It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval gravel pit shown here on the First Edition OS Map.

An area of extraction is visible on aerial photographs of Great Oven Hill, Wareham St Martin (1). It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval gravel pit shown here on the First Edition OS Map (2). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. Earthworks associated with this extraction are still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13151.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2014 9:43AM