Monument record MDO38881 - Post medieval extractive pit, Champernhayes, Wootton Fitzpaine

A large shallow hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the south west of Champernhayes Farmhouse. It is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit with an associated trackway running along the northern edge of one of the field boundaries described in MDO38880. The hollow is 30m across and was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

A large shallow hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948 to the south west of Champernhayes Farmhouse (1). It is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit with an associated trackway running along the northern edge of one of the field boundaries described in MDO38880. The hollow is 30m across and was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP, it is still visible as an extant feature on recent lidar imagery (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4183-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14794.

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy3596_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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Jul 26 2019 12:32PM