Monument record MDO46730 - Probable post medieval chalk pits, World's End, Sturminster Marshall

Two irregular hollows to the south of World's End, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. One of the features is shown on the OS 1st Edition map as a small irregular tree-filled plot on the north side of a historic field. The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Two irregular hollows to the south of World's End, Sturminster Marshall, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. One of the features is shown on the OS 1st Edition map as a small irregular tree-filled plot on the north side of a historic field [3]. The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2132 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19964.

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

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

Record last edited

Jul 19 2023 3:20PM