Monument record MDO42835 - Post medieval chalk pits, Hog Cliff HIll, Maiden Newton

A series of sub-circular pits and scarps are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton. The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits - some of the features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS 1st Edition map. The features were all digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A series of sub-circular pits and scarps are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on Hog Cliff Hill, Maiden Newton (1, 2, 3). The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits - some of the features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS 1st Edition map (4). The features were all digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. Many are still visible as earthworks and cropmarks on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1378-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16846.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1379-80 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16847.

<3> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4273-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16839.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Nov 11 2020 1:54PM