Monument record MDO45295 - Possible post medieval chalk pits, Abbeycroft Down,Tarrant Rushton

A cluster of possible pits and hollows are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton. The features may be post medieval chalk pits, or may possibly include pits of older, perhaps later prehistoric, origin. The area is visible as upland vegetation and scrub on 1940s aerial photographs [3], however, so its also possible that some of the features are associated with a change in landuse over more recent years. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A cluster of possible pits and hollows are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery, on Abbeycroft Down, Tarrant Rushton [1, 2]. The features may be post medieval chalk pits, or may possibly include pits of older, perhaps later prehistoric, origin. The area is visible as upland vegetation and scrub on 1940s aerial photographs [3], however, so its also possible that some of the features are associated with a change in landuse over more recent years. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 15-APR-2002, NMR 21628/01 (ST9505/0007) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19207.

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

<3> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4071 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18567.

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Jan 18 2023 4:17PM