Monument record MDO40998 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Woodcutts Farm, Hinton

A shallow irregular depression to the south of Woodcutts Farm is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature may be a post medieval extractive pit. In 1947 the depression is occupied by a roofed building, also recorded on the OS 1st Edition map. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A shallow irregular depression to the south of Woodcutts Farm is visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The feature is 36m by 37m. In 1947 a roofed building is visible within the feature adjacent to its north side. A building and adjacent yards or enclosures is recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map (2).

The form of the feature suggests a possible post medieval extractive pit.

A shallow depression is still visible at this location on current Google Earth imagery. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4186-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15985.

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

Record last edited

May 17 2018 3:34PM