Monument record MDO31986 - Post medieval chalk pits, Sleight Buildings, Winfrith Newburgh

An extensive group of small irregular pits are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1970 to the northwest of Sleight Buildings. They are considered to be the result of post medieval chalk quarrying although a natural or prehistoric origin cannot be ruled out. They lie within the celtic field system decribed in MDO8311.

An extensive group of small irregular pits are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1970 to the northwest of Sleight Buildings. They are considered to be the result of post medieval chalk quarrying although a natural or prehistoric origin cannot be ruled out. They lie within the celtic field system decribed in MDO8311. (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. The features have been plough-levelled and only partially visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2436-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13742.

<2> Royal Air Force, 18-FEB-1970, RAF 58/0254 0047-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13748.

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Oct 17 2014 3:13PM