Monument record MDO48085 - Post medieval gravel pit, Dogbury Plantation, Buckland Newton

An irregular area of hollows and depressions on the south side of Dogbury Plantation, Buckland Newton, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. An oval irregular feature at the western end of the area is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as a gravel pit, the extent of extraction indicated on a 1948 aerial photograph being much greater. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

An irregular area of hollows and depressions on the south side of Dogbury Plantation, Buckland Newton, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. An oval irregular feature at the western end of the area is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as a gravel pit, the extent of extraction indicated on a 1948 aerial photograph being much greater [2, 3]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3358 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20726.

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

Record last edited

Jul 5 2024 2:35PM