Monument record MDO30938 - Post medieval extractive pit, Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster

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Summary

A pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster. It is considered likely to be the remains of a post medieval extractive pit.

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A pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Beacon Heath, Lynchett Minster (1). It is considered likely to be the remains of a post medieval extractive pit. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is still visible as a water-filled earthwork on the most recent Google Earth imagery.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4043-44 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13538.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4043-44.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9732 9461 (85m by 106m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY99SE
Civil Parish Lytchett Minster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 9 2014 3:21PM

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