Monument record MDO43126 - Post medieval chalk pits, North Field Hill, Sydling St Nicholas

A group of three sub-circular ditched features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on North Field Hill, Sydling St Nicholas. The features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS 1st Edition map and are probably post medieval in date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A group of three sub-circular ditched features are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on 1940s aerial photographs on North Field Hill, Sydling St Nicholas (1, 2). The features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS 1st Edition map and are probably post medieval in date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The features are still visible on Google Earth imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2381-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17071.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1794 RP 3380-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16904.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2021 2:45PM