Monument record MDO30723 - Post medieval quarries, Hill Bottom, Worth Matravers

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Summary

A linear series of small extractive pits are visible as earthworks on lidar to the south west of Swanworth Quarry along the northern edge of Hill Bottom. They are considered to be small-scale limestone quarries.

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Full Description

A linear series of small extractive pits are visible as earthworks on lidar to the south west of Swanworth Quarry along the northern edge of Hill Bottom. They are considered to be small-scale limestone quarries(1). The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 25-FEB-2009. Lidar.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 96464 78091 (255m by 155m) (10 map features)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Worth Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 1 2014 10:16AM

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