Monument record MDO43001 - Post medieval quarry, Poor Lot, Batcombe

A large irregular sub-circular ditched and scarped feature is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs to the north of Poor Lot, Batcombe. The feature is recorded as an old quarry on the OS 1st Edition map, probably of post medieval date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A large irregular sub-circular ditched and scarped feature is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs to the north of Poor Lot, Batcombe (1). The feature is situated on the north side of a trackway and measures approximately 100m long by up to 50m wide. It is recorded as an old quarry on the OS 1st Edition map (2), probably of post medieval date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The feature is still visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1056-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17007.

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

Record last edited

Feb 2 2021 11:44AM