Monument record MDO31774 - Post medieval extractive pit, Tyneham, Purbeck

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Summary

A small post medieval extractive pit or quarry is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Tyneham village. The underlying geology is mudstone.

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A small post medieval extractive pit or quarry is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Tyneham village (1). The underlying geology is mudstone. The site is still visible as an extant earrthwork on recent Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA/200 1005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13735.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/200 1005-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 88672 80454 (21m by 19m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2014 2:08PM

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