1962/63

By the 1960's the gravel pit has significant westward and southward extensions compared to the pre WW2 maps and, for the first time, a pond exists! It has been stated that gravel excavation during WW2 was for the construction of airfields, possibly Stoney Cross, but the nearer Lymington Airfield or the local Setley Plain Prisoner of War Camp seem more logical explanations.

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