Monument record MDO40877 - Post medieval extractive pit, Stanbridge, Hinton

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Stanbridge is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Full Description

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Stanbridge is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery (1 and 2).

The feature comprises a shallow irregular depression up to 83m long by up to 71m wide. It is one of a series of extractive pits (MDOs 40873-40877) spread loosely east to west within fields to the northeast of Stanbridge; this being the largest of these (1).

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4241-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15965.

<2> Environment Agency, xxx-xxx-2015, Environment Agency Lidar DSM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO15964.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 28-MAY-47. RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RS 4241-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xxx-xxx-2015. Environment Agency Lidar DSM 1M.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0054 0395 (point) (118 map features)
Map sheet SU00SW
Civil Parish Hinton Parva; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

May 9 2018 11:39AM

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