Monument record MDO43041 - Post medieval extractive pit, Flowers Farm, Hillfield

A sub-circular scarped feature is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs in a field to the southeast of Flowers Farm, Hillfield. The feature is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit, possibly a chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A sub-circular scarped feature is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs in a field to the southeast of Flowers Farm, Hillfield (1 -3). The feature is considered likely to be a post medieval extractive pit, possibly a chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.


The feature is still visible as a shallow earthwork on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 15-APR-45, RAF/106G/LA/218 FS 2040 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17026.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1052-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17029.

<3> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-48, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3362-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17028.

Record last edited

Feb 10 2021 11:55AM