Monument record MDO6945 - Brickworks near Longfleet Lodge, Poole

A brickworks with three kilns probably in operation between the later 1920s until the Second World War lay close to Longfleet Lodge, Canford Heath, Poole. It is known from historic map evidence and from remains found during an archaeological watching brief.

A brickworks adjacent to Longfleet Lodge is first marked on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map epoch 4 suggesting that it was started some time after the mid 1920s and before the mid 1930s. It is shown as disused on post-WW2 maps. (1)

The epoch 4 map shows three rectangular updraught kilns in the north and west part of the site with L-shaped moulding and drying sheds to the east and south. There is a sand pit to the south east and a clay pit to the south west. The brickworks are accessed via a track running past Longfleet Lodge. (1)

Parts of the brickworks were observed during a watching brief during the construction of the playing fields of Canford Heath Middle School in 1991. (2)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1934-38, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch four (Map). SDO11596.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1992, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1991, 185 (Serial). SDO91.

Record last edited

Sep 9 2024 4:48PM