Monument record MWX4112 - Post medieval sand pit, The Moors, Arne

An old sand pit,shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885, also shown on the map of 1900, located on The Moors, Arne. A pit is visible here as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval sand pit described above.

An old sand pit, shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885 [1], also shown on the map of 1900. [2]

A pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of The Moors, Arne (3). It is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval sand pit described above. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is still visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 07-MAR-1971, OS/71005 009-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13517.

Record last edited

Jul 8 2014 2:29PM