Monument record MDO30054 - Post medieval or modern extractive pit, Lower Hyde Heath, Bere Regis

An area of shallow linear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of Lower Hyde Heath. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern extractive activity. A group of trackways leading to this area (MDO30055) may be assoiated.

An area of shallow linear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of Lower Hyde Heath (1-2). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern extractive activity. A group of trackways leading to this area (MDO30055) may be assoiated. This site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. Some of these features are still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 3059-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13164.

<2> Dorset County Council, 2002, VAP (Aerial Photograph). SDO13141.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2013 12:08PM