Monument record MDO38715 - Post medieval extractive pits or dewponds, Bridge Farm, Marshwood

Four small hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the north of Bridge Farm. They are between 14m and 28 m cross and marked as solid features on the OS 1st edition map. The features are considered likely to be extractive pits or dewponds of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Four small hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the north of Bridge Farm (1-2). They are between 14m and 28m across and marked as solid features on the OS 1st edition map (3). The features are considered likely to be extractive pits or dewponds of post medieval origin. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1411-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14800.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy3998_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:40AM