Monument record MDO42892 - Post medieval chalk pits, South Field Down, Sydling St Nicholas

Multiple small sub-circular pits are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on South Field Down, Sydling St Nicholas. The features are considered to be small post medieval chalk quarry pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Multiple small sub-circular pits are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs on South Field Down, Sydling St Nicholas (1). The features are considered to be small post medieval chalk quarry pits. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The features are still visible as earthworks on current Google Earth imagery (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-71, RAF/39/3812 V 0259-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16861.

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

<3> Google Earth, xx-xx-2017, Google Earth imagery 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16871.

Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 3:08PM