Monument record MDO25523 - Extractive pits, Benecke Wood, Portesham

A group of pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. Some are shown on the 1880 OS map as gravel pits, probably of post-medieval origin. The remainder are considered likely to be of similar date and function, although a natural origin cannot be ruled out either.

A group of pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1-3}. Some are shown on the 1880 OS map {4} as gravel pits, probably of post-medieval origin. The remainder are considered likely to be of similar date and function. However a natural origin for some of them cannot be ruled out either. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3299-3300 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11849.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3297-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11895.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-1-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1063-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11906.

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May 22 2023 11:03AM