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 (1), located on the southern side of Brenscombe Hill, Corfe Castle. A pit is visible as an earthwork at this location on aerial photographs (2). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

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

<3> Papworth M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 63 (Unpublished document).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.

Record last edited

Oct 4 2021 7:02PM