Monument record MDO31855 - Second World War weapons pits or extractive pits, Moreton Pit, Crossways

A scattered area of possible Second World War weapons pits, or early modern extractive pits, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the east of Moreton Pit, Crossways.

A scattered area of possible Second World War weapons pits, or early modern extractive pits, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the east of Moreton Pit, Crossways. The earthworks comprise nine groups of three or four small pits and at least four isolated pits. The measure between 2 m and 6 m in diameter and are visible over an area measuring approximately 290 m by 405 m (RAF 1947). The features are now under tree cover (Google Earth 2009) but could not be seen on lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2010). This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4018-19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13768.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4020-21 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13772.

Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

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Apr 30 2026 11:09AM