Monument record MDO43079 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Fisher's Bottom, Sydling St Nicholas

An elongated scarped depression is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs in a field at Fisher's Bottom, Sydling St Nicholas. The feature may be a post medieval extractive pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

An elongated scarped depression is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs in a field at Fisher's Bottom, Sydling St Nicholas (1, 2). The feature comprises an approximately 80m long by 27m wide scarp with a raised internal mound, positioned with its north end abutting a historic field boundary. It may be a post medieval extractive pit. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
The feature is no longer visible on current Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2382-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17053.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4380-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17051.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2021 3:54PM