Monument record MDO20497 - Pits, Yellowham Wood

A number of hollows lie within Yellowham Woods. They are marked as swallet holes by the Ordnance Survey and therefore considered to be natural solution hollows.

A number of hollows lie within Yellowham Woods. They are interpreted as swallet holes by the Ordnance Survey and therefore considered to be natural solution hollows. Additional hollows, not previously marked on the OS maps, have been plotted from aerial photographs, most are considered to be natural features but some may be post medieval chalk pits. {1-3}

<1> 15-SEP-1979, NMR OS/79123 277-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10705.

<2> Royal Air Force, 27-OCT-1971, RAF 39/3817 0154-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10704.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JUL-1958, RAF 58/2516 0031-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10703.

Record last edited

Apr 9 2010 10:19AM