Monument record MDO31483 - Post medieval chalk pit, Brenscombe Hill, Corfe Castle

A post medieval chalk pit it marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, located on the southern side of Brenscombe Hill. A pit is visible as an earthwork at this location on aerial photographs.

A post medieval chalk pit it marked on the First Edition OS map, located on the southern side of Brenscombe Hill, Corfe Castle. A pit is visible as an earthwork at this location on aerial photographs (Dorset County Council 2002). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset LVI.3 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.

'Old Chalk Pits'

Papworth, M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 63 (Unpublished document). SWX1388.

A chalk pit recorded as ‘disused’ on the 1891 O.S. map. This is the earliest known documentary evidence for it. The pit lies near the foot of a steep south slope and measures approximately 30m dia.

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

Record last edited

Sep 1 2026 3:27PM