Monument record MDO46642 - Post medieval gravel pit, Sturminster Marshall

A post medieval gravel pit to the north of Stag Gate Wood, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. A smaller area than that visible on a 1947 aerial photograph is recorded as a gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A post medieval gravel pit to the north of Stag Gate Wood, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. A smaller area than that visible on a 1947 aerial photograph is recorded as a gravel pit on the OS 1st Edition map [3]. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934/V 5134 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19934.

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

Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 11:55AM