Monument record 0694100000 - S of Salden Wood: gravel pit

Summary

A pond or extraction pit shown on 19th century map.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • GRAVEL PIT? (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • EXTRACTIVE PIT? (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • POND? (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

The OS 1st edition 6in maps surveyed in 1878-80 notes an irregualry shaped waterfilled pit straddling the fence line. It is presumably not operational since it is not recorded later in later mapping or has been infilled (B1- 2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20217 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1878-80. OS 1st Edition 6 inch map: Sheet 19.
  • <2>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D2389.

Location

Grid reference SP 822 306 (point)
Civil Parish MURSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 2:07PM

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