Monument record MDO30849 - Post medieval to modern extractive pits or Second World War weapons pits, Godlingston Heath, Studland

A dispersed area of possible Second World War weapons pits or post medieval to early modern extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1951 on Godlingston Heath.

A dispersed area of possible Second World War weapons pits or post medieval to early modern extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1951 on Godlingston Heath. The earthworks are formed of small pits, measuring between approximately 2 m by 1 m and 11 m by 5 m, surrounded by banks of spoil. (1-2) They are situated close to the site of a pillbox (see MWX1476) and may have been associated with it. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4394-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12806.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JUN-1951, RAF 540/508 5017-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13459.

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Jul 4 2014 9:54AM