Monument record MDO44722 - Post medieval quarry, Free Down Border, Durweston

A small unannotated hollow is marked on the Ordnance Survey 5th edition map to the south of Free Down Border, Durweston. The hollow forms part of a much larger subcircular bank and ditched feature which is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The feature appears to be a large multivallate enclosure but is nost likely to be the plough-levelled remains of a large post medieval quarrying complex.

A small unannotated hollow is marked on the Ordnance Survey 5th edition map to the south of Free Down Border, Durweston [1]. The hollow forms part of a much larger subcircular bank and ditched feature which is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery [2-3] and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The feature is 150m across and appears to be a large multivallate enclosure but is most likely to be the plough-levelled remains of a large post medieval quarrying complex.

<1> Ordnance Survey, c 1962, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, epoch five (Map). SDO13903.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2166 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18800.

Record last edited

Nov 15 2022 7:46PM