Monument record MDO41858 - Post medieval extractive pit, Pamphill Green, Pamphill

An irregular scarped depression to the east of Pamphill Green is visible on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The feature may be a shallow post medieval extractive pit, possibly associated with gravel extraction. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A scarped curvilinear feature to the east of Pamphill Green is visible on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery (1-2).

The feature comprises an irregular shallow depression approximately 165m long by up to 75m wide. It extends up to a historic field boundary at its southeast end. A 1947 aerial photograph shows the feature to be partially water-filled (1). The feature may be part of a shallow post medieval extractive pit, possibly associated with gravel extraction.

The site is still open fields on current Google Earth imagery and the feature is still faintly visible. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2192-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16288.

<2> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 50cm (Aerial Photograph). SDO15306.

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Aug 23 2024 12:30PM