Monument record MDO39792 - Modern Reservoir, St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch

A square structure visible on St Catherine's Hill on 1920s and 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery is thought to be a reservoir of probable late post medieval or early modern origin. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A square structure visible on St Catherine's Hill on 1920s and 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery is thought to be a reservoir of probable late post medieval or early modern origin (1, 2 and 3).

The features visible on a 1925 aerial photograph (1) indicate a 20m wide square structure, with an associated external banked enclosure, present on at least the west, north and east sides.

The site is under tree cover and not visible on a 2014 vertical aerial photograph (4).

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Crawford, 26-NOV-25, SZ/1495/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15630.

<2> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-46, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3271-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15623.

<3> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<4> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Record last edited

Jan 31 2018 5:25PM