Monument record MDO46611 - Post medieval chalk pit, Higher Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Higher Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A post medieval extractive pit to the northeast of Higher Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map [3]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. A trackway leading off from the chalk pit to the road to the south is also recorded on the 1st Edition OS map, but this is not visible on any available aerial or lidar imagery.

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

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5137 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19960.

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

Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 3:50PM