Monument record MDO40547 - Post medieval extractive pit, Christchurch

A small post medieval extractive pit on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A small post medieval extractive pit on the Avon river floodplain at Christchurch is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is broadly sub-circular and approximately 10m in diameter.

The feature is still visible within the modern water works site on a 2014 aerial photograph (2) but 2017 Google Earth imagery indicates possible loss or damage by this time (3).

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RP 3277-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15414.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<3> Google Earth, 2017, Google Earth 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15388.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2018 11:30AM