Monument record MDO38561 - Post medieval extractive pits, Cockpit, Pilsdon

Two small post medieval extractive pits measuring around 43m by 21m and 20m by 12m are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s.They form part of a group of three small extractive pits either side of Cockpit Hill, the other one(MDO 38560) lying within Broadwindsor CP. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Two small post medieval extractive pits measuring around 43m by 21m and 20m by 12m are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). They form part of a group of three small extractive pits either side of Cockpit Hill, the other one(MDO 38560) lying within Broadwindsor CP. The extractive pits are still visible as rounded hollows on vertical aerial photographs taken in 2009 (2) and on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11 APR 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14772.

<2> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2009, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13314.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:20AM