Monument record MDO45706 - Post medieval sand pit, Luscombe Wood, Lytchett Matravers

A post medieval extractive pit on the north side of Luscombe Wood, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature is documented on the OS 1st Edition map as an old sandpit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A post medieval extractive pit on the north side of Luscombe Wood, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The feature is documented on the OS 1st Edition map as an old sand pit [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. The feature appears to still survive below trees on 2002 Google Earth imagery [3].

<1> Royal Air Force, 03-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RS 4071 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19464.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1923-33, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three (Map). SDO11595.

<3> Google Earth, 01-JAN-2002, Google Earth Imagery 2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19438.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 3:48PM