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 (Royal Air Force 1947) and lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2021) 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 (Shipp and Hodson 1863) and are considered likely to be the sites of post medieval chalk pits.

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

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

John Hutchins, edited by Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3 (Monograph). SDO11486.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2022, 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422 (Machine readable data file). SDO21760.

Record last edited

Sep 2 2026 4:32PM