Monument record MDO46438 - Post medieval chalk pits, Bere Down, Bere Regis

A group of hollows is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in the vicinity of the Roman Road, west of Bagwood Road, Bere Down. They cover an area of 14 hectares and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. They are possibly on the site of an Iron Age or Romano British settlement site decribed by Hutchin (1863) and are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval chalk pits.

A group of hollows is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery <1-2> in the vicinity of the Roman Road, west of Bagwood Road, Bere Down. They cover an area of 14 hectares and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. They are possibly on the site of an Iron Age or Romano British settlement site decribed by Hutchin (1863) <3> and are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval chalk pits.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4121 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19892.

<3> Hutchins, J, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition (Monograph). SDO11486.

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Jun 30 2023 4:17PM