Monument record MDO40309 - Post medieval chalk pit and lime kiln, Keepers Cottage, Wimborne St Giles, Edmondsham

A post medieval chalk pit and lime kiln to the north of Keepers Cottage are visible on 1940's aerial photographs. The chalk pit and lime kiln are present on the OS 1st Edition map. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A post medieval chalk pit and lime kiln to the north of Keepers Cottage are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The chalk pit measures 61m by 47.6m at its widest extents. The blurred outline of the lime kiln is visible at its northern end (1). Both the chalk pit and lime kiln are present on the OS 1st Edition map (2).

The features are within cropping fields in a 2014 aerial photograph and no longer visible (3). They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/187 RP 3097-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15758.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 11:35AM